United Airlines

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Text on Button UNITED AIRLINES
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Red text on a white horizontal stripe across the middle on an alternating red and white diagonal striped background. 

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United Airlines is a major airline headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. It is considered the world's largest airline in terms of passenger miles flown. The United "U" logo, pictured on this button, is known as the "tulip". It was developed in the early seventies and was used in different variations up until 2012. The logo was changed to a blue globe after United merged with Continental airlines. The post-merger logo change was heavily criticized by marketing experts and designers, who state that it has weaker brand recognition than the "tulip" logo. 

Catalog ID AD0106

Mighty Mouse And Pearl Pureheart

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Color illustration of Mighty Mouse and Pearl Pureheart with red hearts in between them. Entire illustration and text on blue green background. 

Curl Text ©1980 VICAOM INT'L INC., LISA FRANK INC.,TUCSON AZ 85710
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Mightly Mouse was a superhero character created by Terrytoons studio and it appeared in short theatrical cartoon films produced between 1942 and 1961 which were later shown on CBS television in the US. Mighty Mouse was first drawn wearing a blue costume with red trunks and a red cape but this later changed to a yellow costume with red trunks and a red cape.  Like Superman, Mighty Mouse's powers included flight, super strength, and invulnerability.

Pearl Pureheart was Mighty Mouse's love interest in the cartoons. Both characters, along with their arch nemesis Oil Can Harry, often sing mock-opera songs in the show, with Mighty Mouse singing tenor, Pearl soprano and Oil Can Harry bass-baritone.

Catalog ID EN0048

I Pick Boogies

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Text on Button I Pick Boogies DINER
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Contrasting black and red text on a light yellow background.

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Boogies Diner is a restaurant in Aspen, CO with a vintage 1950s feel, serving traditional "American" food and a great view.

Catalog ID AD0113

Broadway Comics

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Text on Button Broadway Comics
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White background with a black circle, white text on the circle. Displayed in the black circle is tall city buildings with two red lighting bolts forming a V.

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Broadway Comics was a publishing company started by Jim Shooter - a writer and editor who had previously worked at DC and Marvel comics - in 1995, and was a division of Broadway Video Entertainment.  It produced a handful of short-lived comics - mostly written by Shooter - before Broadway Video was bought by Golden Books in 1996 and subsequently went bankrupt in that same year. Titles included Shadow State, Fatale and Babes of Broadway.

Catalog ID EN0047

E.T. Dress Up

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Text on Button E.T.
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Photograph of E.T. wearing hat, wig, and dressy clothing.

Curl Text ©1982 Universal City Studios, Inc. All Rights Reserved Star Power, San Francisco CA 91403 A Trademark of and Licensed by Universal City Studios, Inc.
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Promotional item for the popular 1982 science fiction film E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial. The film was directed and produced by Steven Spielberg and tells the story of a young boy who befriends an alien stranded on earth and helps him return home. E.T. was the highest-grossing film of 1982, and remains among the highest-grossing films of all time.

Catalog ID EN0049

Hawaiian Punch I'm Ready

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Text on Button I'm Ready! "Punchy"
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White text on a red background with a cartoon

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Meet "Punchy," the famed mascot for Hawaiian Punch. The character was created by the advertising agency Altherton-Privett in December 1961, and artist Martin Mandelblatt is credited the mascot's design. "Punchy" eventually made it onto the silver screen as a cartoon character in February 1962.

Hawaiian Punch was originally created in 1934 by A.W. Leo, Tom Yates, and Ralph Harrison as an ice cream topping in a converted garage in Fullerton, California. Oddly enough, it was discovered by customers that it made a great tasting fruit juice when mixed with water. The original Hawaiian Punch had been concocted using seven fruit flavors: apple, apricot, guava, orange, papaya, passion fruit, and pineapple. As it stands now, Hawaiian Punch only contains 5% fruit juice.

Catalog ID AD0267

E.T. With Dog

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Text on Button E.T.
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Photograph of the character E.T., the extra-terrestrial, with Elliot's dog, Harvey.

Curl Text ©1982 Universal City Studios, Inc. All Rights Reserved Star Power, San Francisco CA 91403 A Trademark of and Licensed by Universal City Studios, Inc.
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Promotional item for the popular 1982 science fiction film E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial. The film was directed and produced by Steven Spielberg and tells the story of a young boy who befriends an alien stranded on earth and helps him return home. E.T. was the highest-grossing film of 1982, and remains among the highest-grossing films of all time.

Catalog ID EN0046

E.T. And Gertie

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Text on Button E.T. & ME
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Color photograph of E.T. being kissed by a child. Pink text on bottom portion of button.

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Price sticker reads "$2.95"

Curl Text © 1985 Univsersal City Studios Inc. All Rights Reserved/*A Trade Mark of and Licensed by Universal City Studios Inc./Star Power, San Francisco, Ca. 94103 (Made in Canada)
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Promotional item for the popular 1982 science fiction film E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial. The film was directed and produced by Steven Spielberg and tells the story of a young boy who befriends an alien stranded on earth and helps him return home. E.T. was the highest-grossing film of 1982, and remains among the highest-grossing films of all time.

E.T. and Me is an adaptation of the motion picture screenplay for the movie E.T. It is a retelling of the story from the point of view of Elliott, the boy who finds E.T.

Catalog ID EN0016

Next To Sex It's Beck's

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Text on Button next to sex it's BECK'S
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Red and black text on a white background

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Beck's is a pale lager brewed by Beck's Brewery (or Brauerei Beck & Co.) based in Bremen, Germany, and was founded in 1873 by Lüder Rutenberg, Heinrich Beck and Thomas May.  The brewery is owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev), a Belgian-Brazilian beverage and brewing company headquartered in Leuven, Belgium, which has more than 200 brands in its portfolio including Corona, Stella Artois and Budweiser.

Beck's famously claims to follow the 'Reinheitsgebot', a German Beer Purity Law of 1516 which states that the only ingredients that can be used in the production of beer are water, barley and hops. Beck's, as with most modern beers, also uses cultured yeast as an ingredient.  Beck's is brewed under license worldwide including in St. Louis, Missouri, since 2012.

Catalog ID BE0108