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.

Blue and white illustration of a school band member standing on a pedestal surrounded by blue text on white background. 

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Pink bubble letters on pink background. 

The Slurpee is a drink invented in 1965 by the 7-11 company, a chain convenience store. 7-11 would promote new flavors of the iced soft drink, Pink Fink being one of their many promotional flavors, by having their staff wear large buttons. Smaller buttons were given away to customers who participated in the promotion by drinking the seasonal flavor. 7-11 began licensing the frozen drink from the Icee Company in 1967 to expand their flavor selections.

Black and white photograph of four dwarf sibling actors posed on stage.

Grace, Harry, Tiny, and Daisy Earles formed what was known to the public as "The Doll Family" and "The Moving Picture Midgets." The siblings immigrated from Germany to Pasadena, California with their parents and three other siblings.  In the U.S. they performed in sideshows, circuses, and multiple motion pictures, most notably Tod Browning's Freaks (1932) and The Wizard of Oz (1939).  Harry and Daisy were the main characters in Freaks and all the dwarf siblings had bit parts in The Wizard of Oz, with Harry playing a member of the Lollipop Guild.  After their movie careers spanning the 1920s and 1930s, the Doll Family performed in Barnum and Bailey circus.

Multicolored duck in flight on gray background. Dark blue text on gold (top), bright orange text on dark blue (bottom). 

The Palos Gun Club was originally founded on February 20, 1947 in the neighborhood of Palos Heights just outside Chicago, Illinois. The club moved to Frankfort in 1986 because of business development in the neighboring area that restricted shooting. The Palos Gun Club is now called the Frankfort Sportsman Club. The club is a member's only club that supports safe firearm use and shotgun sports. Today the club is affiliated with the National Rifle Association (NRA), the Amateur Trapshooting Association, the Illinois Trap Shooters Association and the National Sporting Clay Association (NSCA). 

Red heart substituting the word love in the statement I (heart) CHICAGO RIDGE. Black text on white background.

Chicago Ridge is a village located in Cook County, Illinois. As of 2020, the population is 14,433. Its name is derived from ridges left behind when trainloads of dirt were brought out by the Wabash Railroad during construction of the Columbian Exposition of 1893. A notable person hailing from Chicago Ridge is Tim Pyznarski, former first baseman for the San Diego Padres.

This is a variation of the "I heart NY" logo that was created in 1977 by Milton Glaser for an ad campaign created by advertising agency Wells Rich Greene. The marketing campaign was sought by then-Deputy Commissioner William S. Doyle to increase tourism in the state of New York. The campaign was a wild success. The original sketch of the logo is permanently on display at the MOMA. The logo has become iconic in pop-culture and has been imitated in many forms around the world.

Illustration of a character in a blue outfit and red cape with yellow hair holding a water faucet with blue and black text above and below on a white background

Captain Hydro is a character created by the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) in California to promote water conservation. EBMUD produces lesson guides and workbooks for use in schools along with promotional materials including a poster, ruler and this button.