Blue illustration of a monkey scratching its head below blue text. White background with red border. 

A phrase that means don't bother me. 

Illustration of two women and a man in a red sleigh guided by two brown horses. Snow-capped scene with them riding by a red barn and brown house.

"Over The River and Through The Wood", originally known as "The New-England Boy's Song about Thanksgiving Day", is a poem by Lydia Maria Child. The poem became a classic Thanksgiving and later Christmas poem and was made into a popular holiday song. The poem's imagery has inspired many illustrations and paintings and has become deeply entrenched into American folklore.

On a purple button, the word Joy is in bold, white warped letters, covering the entire button.

Joy is a great feeling of happiness.

1960s era fonts were often used in slogans which promoted peace, love, and joy rather than war. The war between the USA and Vietnam went from Nov 1, 1955 to Apr 30, 1975.

The peace, love, and joy phrase was used by Hippies, short for hipsters, a subculture which began in the 1950s beatnik coffee house scene predominately in San Francisco. Hippies continue to exist today with new generations of liberal minded activists who believe in peace, love, and joy.

A pink button with black oval eyes and a smile. 

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.

White text on green background. 

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Back eyes and u-shaped grin on yellow background. 

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.

An orange button with black oval eyes and a smile. 

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.

Illustration of a man with distraught look on his face looking at his swollen lip. White and yellow text on blue background.

Topps, a company that is best known for sports memorabilia, produced "Wise Guy" pins during the 1960s that featured  satire/parody for novelty and humor.

Pac Man, readying to gobble cherries, is above the words EAT FRUIT! The picture is surrounded by the white dots that he eats in the game. These dots are encircled by a blue light on a black background. 

Pac-Man was an arcade game developed in 1980 by the Japanese video game developer Namco. Released to the American public in October 1980 by the Delaware video game distributor, Midway, the game claimed immediate success upon its reception. It has since become synonymous with arcades and video gaming, catapulting itself into a cultural tour de force for many a generation. Pac-Man even inspired a top ten hit single and a cartoon series in the early-to-mid eighties. One of the original Pac-Man arcade games is a part of the Smithsonian collection in Washington D.C., along with an exhibit in New York's Museum of Modern Art. Other contemporaneous, popular arcade games during the period were Space Invaders and Asteroids. 

A red button with white text.  Below the text is a picture of Santa Clause.

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