Illustration of a black ship with white sail on the ocean.  The ship is set in front of a large grey iceberg with red and white stripes running along the horizon. Black text below the image on white background. 

The button pictured above is a tourist souvenir from the Heritage Hjemkomst Interpretive Center in Moorehead, Minnesota. The Hjemkomst is a life-size replica of a Gokstad Viking ship discovered in Norway in 1881. The button commemorates Hjemkomst's successful sail from New York City to Oslo, Norway in the summer of 1982. The idea of building the Hjemkomst was that of Robert Asp, a guidance counselor who worked at Moorehead Junior High School. Although he died before the sail, the Asp family carried out Robert Asp's dream of sailing the Hjemkomst all the way to Norway.

Illustration of a black saxophone against a white background.  Black text surrounds the image.

The button pictured above was produced by Buffalo State University's music department in preparation for a jazz concert they had held in November of 1978. 

Blue text on white background.

Presumably made by the city of Las Vegas as a tourist souvenir, the button pictured above is a slightly more subtle variation of the city's current advertising catchphrase—"What happens in Las Vegas, stays in Las Vegas." 

Black and white image of two tractors. Horizontal black text reading "75 Years of Progress" divides the button into upper and lower halves. Black text on white background around the border of the button.  

The Cedar Valley Engine Club held a show in the mid-1970s celebrating 75 years as a club. The club was established as a non-profit on September 14th, 1966, with their first official meeting at Mitchell County Fairgrounds, Iowa. Collectors of farm machinery and other historically significant industrial pieces, to this day, meet at fairgrounds to share these pieces. Since 1970, the club's show has been held at a location seven miles West of Charles City, Iowa. 

White text on black background.

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Black text on white background.

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Illustration of a cute baby chick hatching from a blue, purple, green, and white egg below dark pink text on a light pink background. 

The button pictured above was manufactured by the greeting card company Hallmark in 1982 for Easter. The design is modeled off of the company's 'Merry Miniature' series. 

Illustration of a train pulling a trolley, surrounded by large, bold text.  Black text on a white background.

This button is a souvenir from Kanawha, Iowa's 'Diamond Jubilee Celebration' in 1974. 'Diamond Jubilee,' in this context, refers to the town's 75th founder's day celebration. The locomotive train symbolizes Kanawha's connection to the burgeoning railroad industry in the late 19th ce.—in 1899, the town was founded once a newly constructed railroad had arrived from Belmond, Iowa.

Red cursive text and blue text with small white stars placed within each letter on white background. 

The 'Dixie Jubilee' is a comedy show developed and organized by singer, producer, and entrepreneur, Calvin Gilmore. The variety show ran from the late 1980s to 1993 in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. 

Black-and-white image of the Renwick, Iowa School with black text on white background. 

The United States celebrated its Bicentennial on Sunday, July 4, 1976, the 200^th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Celebrations were held in small towns and big cities throughout the year. According to the Iowa American Revolution Bicentennial Commission Report, the commemoration in Iowa was not centered on any one event or location, but consisted of a series of parades, festivals and celebrations put together by grassroots organizations such as the The Renwick Iowa Bicentennial Committee.

The Renwick, Iowa Independent School District was formed in 1892 and housed in a two story frame building until 1916 when it was moved to a two story brick building on the north side of town. In the mid-1950s, Renwick, Hardy and Vernon consolidated systems under the name Boone Valley. Due to declining enrollment, the district dissolved in 1988.