Peter Lord

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Text on Button I'VE HAD BOTH FEET MEASURED AT Peter Lord
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Black text over illustrated orange feet with big eyes and smiling faces with orange border on black background.  

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"Peter Lord" was a retail brand shoe store created by Hugh Bryan Clark of C. and J. Clark International (now known as Clarks) in 1937. They developed their own system for fitting shoes based on analysis of thousands of foot measurements and created a footguage that could be used by shop workers to measure a customers foot. This was all to get a good fitting shoe and so that you would have healthy feet.

Catalog ID AD0166

Sealtest Spring Garden Salad Cottage Cheese

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Text on Button TRY NEW! Sealtest TRADEMARK with a hint of Oil and Vinegar added! Spring Garden Salad Cottage Cheese
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Green, capitalized text at the very top above a green and red carton of cottage cheese with a red Sealtest logo and green font flanked by images of celery, parsley, possibly peppers and garlic on a white background.

Curl Text PHILA. BADGE CO. INC. PHILA PA
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Sealtest Dairy was a division of the National Dairy Products Corporation that manufactured dairy products throughout the United States. It is the predecessor to Kraft Foods, Inc. One of its products included spring garden salad cottage cheese in a plastic container.

Catalog ID AD0188

Bowman Creamed Cottage Cheese

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Text on Button You'll like BOWMAN Creamed COTTAGE CHEESE BUY DEFENSE BONDS
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Red text centered on a white background; "You'll like" and "Creamed" is in cursive, while the other words are capitalized.  "BUY DEFENSE BONDS" is in black small letters on the bottom of the button.  Text encircled by four thin lines.   

Curl Text PARISIAN NOVELTY CO., CHICAGO
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J. R. Bowman of Clinton County, Illinois and his brothers formed Bowman Dairy Company in 1891.  Bowman Dairy was one of the leading dairy products suppliers in the Chicago area. In the 1930’s, Bowman employed over 3,000 residents, but by 1966, Bowman Dairy was purchased by rival, Dean Foods.

Defense bonds, later known as war bonds, were debt securities issued by the U.S. government to finance its defense initiatives and military efforts in times of war. The War Advertising Council promoted buying these bonds through radio, newspapers, magazines, movie theater newsreels and pinback buttons.

Catalog ID AD0214

Jumbo Size Parade Of Values

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Text on Button JUMBO SIZE parade of values
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An illustration of an elephant head in black is on the upper half of the button and black text is on the bottom half over a light pink background.

Curl Text GREEN DUCK CO. CHICAGO
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Catalog ID AD0195

Burger King Simpsonizeme

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Text on Button simpsonizeme.com tHe SIMPSONS MOVIE MATT GROENING Eat. Drink. Be Yellow.
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Black text along top and bottom edges with an illustrated image (in the style of the Simpsons) of the Burger King mascot over a horizontal white stripe with "The Simpsons Movie" logo on a yellow background.  

Curl Text TM & © 2007 BKB, Inc. THE SIMPSONS TM & © 2007 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All Rights Reserved
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In a creative cross-promotional effort between Burger King and The Simpsons Movie (which was released in 2007), Burger King launched an online generator called simpsonizeme.com that allowed users to create a Simpsons-like avatar of themselves. Over 40 million people have gotten “Simpsonized”.

Catalog ID EN0165

Sealtest 1964

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Text on Button Sealtest 1964 THE YEAR of the BIG CAMPAIGN
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White Sealtest logo and text on a red background.

Curl Text PHILA. BADGE CO. INC. PHILA PA
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Sealtest Dairy was a division of the National Dairy Products Corporation that manufactured dairy products throughout the United States. It is the predecessor to Kraft Foods, Inc. The 1964 Election was the election between Democrat Lyndon B. Johnson and Republican Barry Goldwater.

Catalog ID EV0131

95 1/2 WMET

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Text on Button 95 1/2 WMET
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Yellow text on blue banner in front of a lightning bolt over a blue circle on a yellow background.  

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95 1/2 WMET was a Chicago-based radio station that started in the 1970s. Initially licensed by the Moody Bible Institute after WWII, the station changed hands and formats several times over the years as the need for sister stations and station variety shifted. In the late 1950s, James DeHaan purchased the signal, featuring big bands and classical music along with comedy. He later sold to George "Bob" Newhart, well known actor and personality, who worked with DeHaan's partner Hogan through 1968. The station was sold to the National Science Network for a short time before passing to Metromedia who changed the format to Adult Contemporary and featured the top 40 songs.

In 1976, the call letters were changed to WMET, but still featured the 95.5 slot. Although they were still playing top 40 hits, they branded themselves as a rock station. From 1979-1985, the station took on a more heavier rock format, but again was sold and rebranded to contemporary hits. The station struggled to find an identity playing short periods of oldies, new age, smooth jazz, Spanish language music, and finally country through a variety of new owners. The station is currently known as WEBG playing country.

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WMET, 95 1/2, Rocked Chicago. (2018). Retrieved 4 December 2020, from https://oldschoolshirts.com/blogs/news/wmet-95-1-2-rocked-chicago

Catalog ID AD0165

Sealtest Half And Half

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Text on Button Sealtest HALF HALF GOOD SO MANY WAYS
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Top half is white text on red and bottom half is white on blue.

Curl Text PHILA. BADGE CO. INC. PHILA PA
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Sealtest Dairy was a division of the National Dairy Products Corporation that manufactured dairy products throughout the United States. It is the predecessor to Kraft Foods, Inc. One of its products included half and half creamer.

Catalog ID AD0181