Large, coral-colored block text above a white Republic Airlines logo on the bottom third, which is constituted of the company name to the right of a symbolized goose flying in a circle.

Republic Airlines was created in 1979 after a merger of North Central Airlines and Southern Airways. Based in Minneapolis, Republic was the largest airline in 1980 due to the number of airports served, but quickly deteriorated before ending operations in 1986.  The logo of a mallard duck is a remnant of North Central Airlines and was continued for Republic’s first logo.

People logo in large, bold white letters with heart-shaped "O" and small pink text right aligned over the larger text. A white pair of shoes are located in the bottom center of the button. 

People Magazine was founded in 1974 as People Weekly. It is a magazine that focuses on celebrities and human interest type stories.

Red text above a package of NUCOA Oleomargarine in blue outline with brand name in white on a blue stripe through the middle, jagged circle on top right "NOW CONTAINS VITAMIN A for Growth and Protection".

Nucoa is a regional brand of margarine originally owned by Best Foods Inc. and commonly available in Arizona, California, and Nevada.  Advertisements for the product introducing the addition of Vitamin A were heavily campaigned during 1937, and a full-color print can be seen in the 10/30/37 edition of The Saturday Evening Post.  Margarine became popular in the U.S. during the Great Depression and again during WWII.

A red and smiling pock-marked strawberry face surrounded by black text on a white background.

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A purple cow with a bell on a yellow circle in the center, yellow text on top and trademark at lower right on a white background.

A “Magic Cow” is a drink made by mixing a powdered soft drink mix into milk. It was created by the National Dairy Council as a way to promote drinking milk to kids by making it fun and more appealing with flavors. You also could buy mail-order shaker cups. 

You can see one of the commercials here https://www.oddballfilms.com/clip/13160_13314_american_dairy1

Black font above red and black Milex logo, a winding blacktop road separates a red backing to the right, all on a white background.

Milex is an automotive franchise that originated as  “Milex Tune-Up and Brake” in 1967. The company is focused on customer satisfaction and loyalty. It later expanded its services to manage all auto care needs and later changed its name to “Milex Complete Auto Care”.

People logo in white with heart-shaped "o" and small green text right-aligned within larger text above a centered white bow on a green background.

People Magazine was founded in 1974 as People Weekly. It is a magazine that focuses on celebrities and human interest type stories.

White text centered on a black background.  Smaller white text curves around the bottom of the button.

"Do you hate your job" was an advertisement that was issued by the Chicago Reader and other alternative newspapers in response to the claim by the Asian American Journalists Association that Asian-American journalists were underrepresented in the press on both the executive and journalistic levels. The Asian American Journalists Association felt that other minorities such as African-Americans were underrepresented in the press as well.The Washington City Paper is also an alternative style newspaper.

Yellow capital text above and below "COAL" which is in a neon-light kind of font with letters in red, green, blue, red, on a brown background.

Westfalia-Lunen is a German-based hard coal mining equipment manufacturing company. The products are marketed by Mining Progress Inc. Westfalia-Lunen is the predecessor of Caterpillar which is an American heavy equipment manufacturing company. In 1993, Westfalia-Lunen introduced the first and only mine-worthy plow control system. Westfalia-Lunen and Mining Progress Inc. distributed wearable memorabilia including stickers and pinback buttons in the 1970s supporting coal mining efforts as an effort to highlight the positive impact of coal on jobs and the economy. 

Indigo text and Reebok logo within basketball outline on a coral background.

Reebok’s “The Pump” was a line of high-top basketball shoes released on November 24, 1989.  At the time of release, The Pump cost $170, the highest priced sneaker on the market by $70.  The model quickly became popular in the 1990s.  The artist Gary Simmons immortalized the shoe in his 1991 piece titled “Pump It Up”, featuring bronzed Reebok sneakers on a plexiglass shelf.