White text on red background. 

Possible reference to D2, the mighty ducks.  "USA, All the way" was part of their chant.

Black text on yellow background. 

Quote from Czech historian, diplomat and slavist Konstantin Josef Jireček (July 24, 1854 - January 10, 1918) “We the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, with so little, for so long, we are now qualified to do anything, with nothing.”

Green button with bold green letters. The bottom of the button has two steins of beer with foam at the top, held by hands coming from left and right. 

St. Patrick's Day is also known as the Feast of St. Patrick. It occurs on March 17th of every year. It commemorates the Irish Saint, Patrick, who lived from 385-461. St. Patrick was born in Roman Britain and was captured by Irish kidnapers at 16. As an adult, he introduced Christianity to Ireland.

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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Illustration of 5 leprechauns smiling.  Light green background with white and dark green text.

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Dark green text on a light green background with shamrock pattern. 

Irish pride or St. Patrick's Day button. 

Black smiling face 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.

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

Yellow text on red background. 

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Black text on red background. 

Depression era, optimism for the future of business button.