Thank God I'm Irish

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Text on Button THANK GOD I'M IRISH! AMERICAN GREETINGS CORP
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Large, bold text in center of the button.  Image of the upper body of a woman with wings appears on both sides of the text.  Light green background with green text.

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Hi Brows American Greetings 98P 9973-58

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Catalog ID IB0167

Leprechaun Spoken Here

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Text on Button LEPRECHAUN SPOKEN HERE
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Illustration of 5 leprechauns smiling.  Light green background with white and dark green text.

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HI BROWS American Greetings 98P 9973-38

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Catalog ID IB0130

Irish Is Beautiful

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Text on Button IRISH IS BEAUTIFUL ©AMERICAN GREETINGS CORP
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Dark green text on a light green background with shamrock pattern. 

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HI BROWS ® American Greetings ® 98P 9973-68

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Irish pride or St. Patrick's Day button. 

Catalog ID IB0148

Yellow Smiley 4

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Black smiling face on yellow background. 

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The classic yellow smiley face is comprised of a yellow circle, two black dots for eyes and a black arc ending in serifs for a mouth. It  was designed in 1963 by by commercial artist, Harvey Ross Ball. Ball was commissioned by The State Mutual Life Insurance Company to create a happy face to raise the morale of their employees. His version was created in 10 minutes. The design was printed onto more than 50 million buttons. Neither Ball nor the company copyrighted this smiley, so it was continually used by other businesses in their promotions.


The design and concept is quite simple and was definitely used before Ball’s 1963 version. However his has become the most iconic. Variations have been used for advertising campaigns and in popular culture ever since.

Catalog ID SM0011

Pale Pink Smiley Face

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Black smiley face with oval eyes, eyebrows and curved down nose on light pink background.

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The classic yellow smiley face is comprised of a yellow circle, two black dots for eyes and a black arc ending in serifs for a mouth. It  was designed in 1963 by by commercial artist, Harvey Ross Ball. Ball was commissioned by The State Mutual Life Insurance Company to create a happy face to raise the morale of their employees. His version was created in 10 minutes. The design was printed onto more than 50 million buttons. Neither Ball nor the company copyrighted this smiley, so it was continually used by other businesses in their promotions.

The design and concept is quite simple and was definitely used before Ball’s 1963 version. However his has become the most iconic. Variations have been used for advertising campaigns and in popular culture ever since.

This pale pink variation has eyebrows.
Catalog ID SM0002

Best By Test

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Text on Button BEST BY TEST No. 36-L
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Red background with bold black letters.

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Catalog ID IB0161

Dipper & The Bucket Theory

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Text on Button DON'T GET YOUR DIPPER IN MY BUCKET THE THEORY OF THE DIPPER & THE BUCKET?
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Small red logo beneath red text on white background.

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'76

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The Dipper & Bucket Theory states that "each of us has an invisible bucket. It is constantly emptied or filled, depending on what others say or do to us. When our bucket is full, we feel great. When it's empty, we feel awful. Each of us also has an invisible dipper. When we use that dipper to fill other people's buckets -- by saying or doing things to increase their positive emotions -- we also fill our own bucket. But when we use that dipper to dip from others' buckets -- by saying or doing things that decrease their positive emotions -- we diminish ourselves."

Catalog ID IB0151

I Believe The Bible

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Text on Button I BELIEVE THE BIBLE
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Illustration of opened white book with a candle's light illuminating differing colors of red and orange at the bottom of button.  White text on red background.

Curl Text © 1983 STANDARD PUBLISHING 7816 Litho U.S.A.
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"I believe the Bible," is a reference to the Christian faith and its usage of the religious text. The Christian Bible consists of two parts, the Old Testament and the New Testament broken down into smaller books that contain chapter and verse. The books of the Bible are compiled from several sources including texts passed down through oral or written tradition in different cultures or languages of the time and era that are seen to be accurate and holy by the Christian church. Other prominent religions, including Judaism and Islam, share some of the books of the Christian Bible in their religions.

Christianity teaches that God has left lessons in the Bible that explain where the world came from, an origin to human emotions or conditions, how to decide a moral sense of right and wrong, and how believers can find forgiveness and peace for everlasting life. The Bible as a historical text provides archeological and genealogical evidence for the history of the Middle East regions through several generations of rulers and conflicts. The New Testament of the Bible contains accurate information about the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. The Christian religion encourages people to affirm their faith in Jesus Christ as the son of God and that these affirmations should be spread to others to spread the good news, i.e. proclaim the gospel. In this instance, "I believe the Bible" serves both as a personal statement of faith and as something that reaffirms the validity of Christianity.

Sources

Journey Christian Magazine. (2018). Why believe the Bible. https://www.journeychristianmagazine.com/2018/05/01/why-believe-the-bible/

Potter, D. (n.d.). Why believe the Bible? SES. Retrieved June 14, 2021, from https://ses.edu/why-believe-the-bible/

TheOlatte. (n.d.). Why I believe the Bible. Retrieved June 14, 2021, from https://www.theolatte.com/2018/11/why-i-believe-the-bible/

Catalog ID CL0584