Illustration of flames in red and white on inverted black triangle. Solid red background. Text in white on each side of triangle. 

Dark blue text on yellow background. 

S.O.B. stands for "son of a bitch," an insult dating back to Shakespeare's time. 

"A knave; a rascal; an eater of broken meats; a
base, proud, shallow, beggarly, three-suited,
hundred-pound, filthy, worsted-stocking knave; a
lily-livered, action-taking knave, a whoreson,
glass-gazing, super-serviceable finical rogue;
one-trunk-inheriting slave; one that wouldst be a
bawd, in way of good service, and art nothing but
the composition of a knave, beggar, coward, pandar,
and the son and heir of a mongrel bitch: one whom I
will beat into clamorous whining, if thou deniest
the least syllable of thy addition."

--King Lear, Act II Scene ii. 

Blue and white line drawing of a propeller plane on white background. Blue text on red upper rim. Plezol Bread logo in white and blue on bottom half. 

Alfred William Baker of Zanesville, Ohio founded a bread company which did business in southeastern Ohio under the trade names of Plezol, Butternut, and Miami Made Foods. 

Character of Robin rendered in blue, black red, and white. White text on red background. 

Dick Grayson was the first Robin to appear in the Batman comics, beginning in 1940. The character was designed to appeal to younger readers. Grayson branched off to become Nightwing in 1980. Since that time four other characters have stepped into the role of Robin -- Jason Todd, Tim Drake, Stephanie Brown, and Damian Wayne, Bruce Wayne's son. 

Black and red illustration of a Mead "Ranger" bicycle. Red and black text on a white background. 

This is a pinback badge for the Ranger Club, which was sponsored by the Mead Cycle Company of Chicago. The company began to produce a bicycle named the Ranger in the 1910s, when this button is assumed to have been made. 

Text in dark blue with decorative flourishes across off-white background. 

The Hammond Brothers Company of Nebraska was essentially created in 1882 when Ross L. Hammond bought a half interest in the company that his brother Frank Hammond already owned the other half of. The company was a printing plant that had been operated as the “Tribune Printing Company” in the late 1800s. After interest in the company was bought and sold a couple of times the Hammond Brothers slowly gained the entire company, first with George Hammond in 1879. Ross L. Hammond had been editor of the Daily Tribune for forty years when he retired and sold his interest in the company in 1920. Under the Hammond Brothers the Tribune became a daily paper with high circulation throughout the county.

Buss, William H. & Thomas T. Osterman (Eds.). (1921). History of Dodge and Washington Counties, Nebraska and their people. Chicago: American Historical Society.

Color illustration of a woman with a pink flower in her hair on green background. Dark blue outer rim with text in gold. 

The heroine of the classic children's book Pollyanna, written by Eleanor H. Porter in 1913, is known for her relentlessly cheerful attitude and ability to see the positive side of the most adverse of situations. After her father's death she has to go and live with her rich, cold-hearted and embittered Aunt Polly. However, her sunny nature prevails and by the end of the book the whole village is joining in her 'glad game'.

A colorful illustration of a small child in a light blue circle with blue text above. In the background is an American flag. 

The Pittsburgh Home for Babies was an orphanage established in 1904. It eventually closed its doors in 1962. 

Tree in the middle of the button surrounded by farming tools, hooks, chains and a bone key with "P" left of the tree and "H" right of the tree. Both letters are capital and red.  At the bottom there are two arms reaching out from the left and right, shaking hands.

The farmer’s organization called the National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry was formed in Washington, D.C. on December 4, 1867 by Oliver Hudson Kelly, US Department of Agriculture clerk, with six others.  Unlike other organizations at the time, women were able to participate.  Caroline Hall, Kelley’s niece, was an advocate for women’s equality and was later named an honorary 8th founder.  

Black and white illustration of an open window with boy and girl leaning on sill. Top half is red with white text. Bottom half is white with red and black text. 

The Chicago Record Herald was a newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois from 1901 until 1914. It was the successor to the Chicago Morning Herald, the Chicago Times Herald and the Chicago Record, and was succeeded by the Chicago Herald Examiner.