Red and blue text, red and blue illustration of electric fan blowing on chicken. White background.

This button is a play on words. The picture on the button illustrates the literal meaning of "cool chick" -- a hen in low temperature, whereas the expression is generally used to describe a fair, and perhaps laid-back, young woman. 

"Chick" as a colloquial term for "young woman" it is first recorded 1927, supposedly originated from U.S. African American dialect. In British use in this sense was documented circa 1940; the term was popularized by Beatniks in late 1950s.

Black text and red heart on white background. 

The I heart NY logo 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.

White script on red heart on white background

This pinback was a giveaway prize from an A&S department store in the mid 20th century. A&S, also known as Abraham and Strauss, was founded in 1865 in New York City by Abraham Abraham and Joseph Wechsler. The department store was originally named Wechsler and Abraham, but the Strauss family bought out Joseph Wechsler in 1893, renaming it Abraham and Strauss. Years later, the company would become a part of the Federated Department Stores Inc. and most of the A&S department stores would change their name in1994 to the more widely known Macy's name, another company under the Federated Department Stores Inc.

White heart with black text on a red background.

The "New York Loves You" campaign was initiated in 1981 and designed by Katherine Manisco, an art director at the advertising agency Wells, Rich, and Greene. The new campaign served as an extension of 1977's "I ♥ NY" campaign, also designed by Wells, Rich, and Greene, as well as graphic artist Milton Glaser. At the time, New York City was making a concerted effort to rebrand itself from a crime-ridden, nearly bankrupt city in 1975, to a hospitable tourist destination. New York State deputy commerce commissioner Natel Matschulat hoped that the new slogan would make tourists feel "welcomed," and "sensitize people to the need to love tourists." 

Black text on a light background with the text "Let's Love ONE ANOTHER" written over a heart.

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Green text and red heart on white background

Sherwood Youth Camp is a summer camp located in Dahinda, Illinois.

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.

Red text and heart on white background

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.

Snoopy illustration in red with red text inside of a white heart on red background.

In 1959, Ford Motor Company acquired the licensing rights to the Peanuts for use in color TV commercials for their cars, including the Ford Falcon. The first Peanuts commercials aired shortly after, marking the first time the characters were animated for television. The Ford-Peanuts agreement ended in 1965, the same year that the first Peanuts television special, A Charlie Brown Christmas, aired.

Black and red text with red heart on white background

The nickname of Oregon State University athletics teams is the Beavers and the mascot is Benny the Beaver.

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.

The Busy Beaver Button Co. fittingly manufactured this celebration of the OSU Beavers.

Black text on a white background with a red heart.

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.