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This button refers to the 1968 play "Kiss me Quick- I'm Double Parked" by John Kirkpatrick. In this farce one act play, a young dentist is off to his wedding when his wife becomes trapped in an elevator due to worker strikes. Their journey to the alter continues to go awry when they encounter a masked bandit and a broken gas line. 

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Meier & Frank was a department store chain whose headquarters were located in Portland, Oregon. Meier & Frank was founded in the year 1857 and merged with Macy's in 2006. A Keds Club is a club that is tailored towards kids who wear Keds sneakers.

An illustration of an orange person on their hands and knees with a blue border. There are blue lines surrounding the person and the background is white.

Keith Haring’s Radiant Baby is one of his most famous. The image represents a pure and positive experience of human existence and is symbolic of Haring’s hope for the future. Although Radiant Baby derives its origin from Christianity it has been used in many of Haring’s other works associated with racism, drug addiction, AIDS awareness and tolerance. 

Keith Allen Haring (May 4, 1958 – February 16, 1990) was an artist and social activist from Pennsylvania whose work was influenced by the New York City street culture and graffiti art of the 1980s. A 1997 Vanity Fair article states that "some of his most characteristic imagery involved figures twirling around and playing together, happy but never aimless." Since Haring's death from AIDS-related illness in 1990, images he created that speak about racism, drug addiction, AIDS awareness and tolerance have become iconic.

The Keith Haring Foundation was established in 1989, and it concentrates in 2 areas of giving: “the support of organizations which provide educational opportunities to underprivileged children and the support of organizations which engage in education, prevention and care with respect to AIDS and HIV infection.”

This button is part of a 12 button series that was made by the Busy Beaver Button Co. for the Keith Haring Foundation's Pop Shop.

An illustration of a person with a round face is smiling and winking. The text is white and the background is blue.

Under the guidance of William Knudsen, the president of Chevrolet from 1924 to 1937, the company rushed the release of a new line of cars called the Chevrolet 6. Locked in a competitive sales race with his fellow captains of the automotive industry, Henry Ford and Walter Chrysler, Knudsen updated the ‘32 line to include more cylinders than the company’s previous models. He had the new line manufactured and placed on the market faster than his competitors, who were also adding more cylinders to their new cars. 

The speedy production of the ‘32 line was paired with an aggressive marketing campaign that touted the slogan, “Keep Your Eye on Chevrolet.” The company commissioned the production of 168 radio spots, 5,355 newspaper ads, and 25,000 posters that equalled 118 miles in length featuring this slogan. Chevrolet's blitz campaign, along with their quick production turnaround, was a massive success until Ford announced the production of the Ford V-8.

A red image of a tree with Keebler logo inside of a border with red text below. The background is white.

The Keebler elves are a cartoon animated family of elf bakers that were created in 1968 by the advertising agency, Leo Burnett Worldwide.  The elves are led by Ernie Keebler and bake snacks (cookies, biscuits, and crackers) in a Hollow Tree. The Keebler bakery was founded by Godfrey Keebler in 1853. The Keebler brand was acquired by the Kellogg Company in 2001.

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KAET, channel 8, is a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) television station located in Phoenix, Arizona.  Its first day of broadcasting was on January 30, 1961, from the campus of Arizona State University. It averages more than a million viewers each week, and ranks among the top viewed PBS stations.

Illustration of a black tree with spiraling branches, black leaves, and red berries. There is a black skeleton forming the roots of the tree and two white rabbits eating from the green grass below the tree. The background is a blue sky.

The image on this button, which explores the cyclical nature of life and death, began its life in 2004 as an oil painting named Taking. The artist, Dan McCarthy of Pocassett, Massachusetts, created a five color screen print of Taking the following year, which eventually lead to the creation of this button. In addition to themes of life, death, and rebirth, McCarthy’s work also explores the relationship between nature and technology. A man of multiple talents, McCarthy is both a visual artist (working in design, screen printing, drawing, and painting) and a musician.

The middle of the button contains an illustration of a red, white, and blue wrapped piece of bubble gum with arms, legs, and a face on a blue background. Around this is red text on a white background.

Dubble Bubble is a brand of pink-colored bubble gum invented in 1928 by Walter Diemer, who worked at Fleer Chewing Gum Company. Fleer Chewing Gum Company, based in Philadelphia, had been searching for years to produce a formula that allowed bubbles to be blown that did not stick. In 1928, Walter Diemer was testing new gum recipes, he noticed that his product was less sticky than regular chewing gum, and after testing it he found that he could create bubbles easily. After a year of attempts he made the first successful batch of bubble gum. But the next morning when trying to recreate his successful concoction, he failed to reproduce the same results. After four months of trying to mimic his first success he finally made a 300 pound batch of what would become Dubble Bubble. The only food coloring available at the factory was pink, so Diemer had no choice but to use it, and the color would go on to become the standard for gum.

An illustration of a man wearing jockey brief underwear is standing, smiling, and waving his left hand. The "A BRIEF HISTORY" text is red with a black border. The other text is black and the background is white.

“A Brief History: The Jockey Underwear Story” was an exhibit on display at the Chicago Historical Society between October 1993 and January 1994.  The exhibit included undergarments and promotional materials spanning over 100 years.  Among the subjects covered in the exhibit was the development of the elastic waistband.  Jockey’s elastic-band brief debuted at Marshall Fields on January 19, 1935. 

An image of a red, yellow, orange, and silver jeweled mask on a person's face. The lips and eyes are the only visible areas of the person. The background is a sky blue and the border around the button is red.

This is a button featuring a sequin mask from Nick Cave's art exhibit, "Nick Cave: Meet me at the Center of the Earth." This was the first museum tour for the Chicago based artist; it started at the Seattle Art Museum March 10th, 2011. The exhibit included 50 soundsuits (wearable sculptures) made out of recycled materials, mixing the imaginary with reality and high fashion with African ceremony. The suits were put on display through dance and sound; dance performance artists wore them during the exhibit.