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Penny King gumball machines were small and designed to sit on a countertop. They typically had a body made from cast aluminum and a globe made from glass. For just one cent, they dispensed pin-back buttons as prizes during the mid-twentieth century. Buttons that read “Quit Your Kiddin’,” “Hot Dogs,” and “Let’s Get Acquainted” were just some that could be collected from these machines.

Clovers are a symbol of luck. To get acquainted, is to get to know someone, and in some cases, the term "get lucky" has also been used in conjunction with this phrase.

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This button is possibly a promotional item for the Safety Motion Picture 'Knowing's Not Enough' (1956), produced under the direction of the Safety Advisory Committee of the United States Steel Corporation.

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The song Jeepers Creepers was featured in the 1938 film Going Places starring Dick Powell, Anita Louise, Louis Armstrong and Ronald Reagan. Louis Armstrong plays the part of Gabriel, the trainer of a race horse named Jeepers Creepers. Jeepers Creepers is a very wild horse and can only be soothed enough to let someone ride him when Gabriel plays the song "Jeepers Creepers" on his trumpet or sings it to him. Louis Armstrong's character, Gabriel, had written the song specifically for the horse, Jeepers Creepers.

Although the song was written as a romance, it has garnered a reputation for being creepy for its use in the horror film Jeepers Creepers, in which one of the main characters is shown with their eyes taken out while the song is playing.

The famous lyrics of the song are:
"Jeepers Creepers, where'd ya get those peepers?
Jeepers Creepers, where'd ya get those eyes?"

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Being "in the doghouse" is an idiom from the 1900s meaning you are in trouble or out of favor with someone. It alludes to putting a misbehaving dog outside in its doghouse as punishment. 

Black illustration of a woman behind an 8 ball with black text on a light blue background.

This is way of saying "I'm in trouble" or stating that you are in a weak or losing position. "I'm behind the 8 ball" alludes to the eight ball in pool, which in certain games cannot be touched without penalty. 

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The parody or antidote to the "I(We) try harder" buttons.

A black and white comic image of a bearded man with a hat, and glasses carrying two bags of money.The image is marked ''R.L. GOLDBERG''.

In the early 1900s, along with other tobacco companies, Tokio issued many 7/8" cartoon pinback buttons displaying comic art by famous cartoonists of the day. They were given out as premiums with a purchase of Tokio Cigarettes.

The artist behind the illustration was Rube Goldberg, a famous cartoonist/humorist who coined the phrase, "I'm the Guy Who...", around 1910. 

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Penny King gumball machines are antiques that were small and designed to sit on a countertop. They typically had a body made from cast aluminum and a globe made from glass. For just one cent, they dispensed pin-back buttons as prizes during the mid-twentieth century. Buttons that read "Quit Your Kiddin'," "Hot Dogs," and "Let's Get Acquainted" were just some of that could be collected from these machines.