Flower Hospital Not Your Garden Variety Health Care.

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Text on Button Flower Hospital Not your garden variety health care.
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Horizontal row of sunflowers in the middle of the button with white background.  Above the flowers on left of the button is a blue logo and "Flower Hospital" underneath in black text. Three large sunflowers with the blue Flower Hospital logo in the center of the flower make up the right side of the row of sunflowers. Below this is text in white on a dark green band of background.

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Flower Hospital was opened in 1910, in memory of the founder Steven Warren Flower’s late wife Ellen. The hospital was originally located in Toledo, Ohio, but has since grown and expanded beyond the original location. In 1975, Flower Hospital relocated to its current location in Sylvania, Ohio. With the new space and updated procedures, Flower Hospital was renamed ProMedica Flower Hospital and is now a level three trauma center.

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Hospital, P. (2021). ProMedica Flower Hospital. Retrieved 15 October 2021, from https://www.promedica.org/location/promedica-flower-hospital

Linkhorn, T. (2012). Rehab center to be built at Flower. Retrieved 15 October 2021, from https://www.toledoblade.com/news/medical/2012/11/15/New-rehab-facility-…

Catalog ID CL0645

KSHA

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Uppercase black letters are centered on a cream background with brown mottling.

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Badge-A-Minit LaSalle Ill 61301

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Catalog ID CL0644

Mondale Ferraro Now

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Text on Button MONDALE FERRARO NOW
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Green background with white uppercase text centered on button.

Curl Text Union bug union bug
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In 1984, the democratic presidential ticket featured the first female candidate for a major political party. Walter Mondale (1928-2021) selected the three-term New York Congresswoman Geraldine Ferraro (1935-2011) as his vice-presidential running mate in an effort to shake up the system and gain ground on the Republican incumbents of Reagan and Bush.

Ultimately, Mondale and Ferraro were defeated soundly carrying only Mondale’s home state of Minnesota and Washington D.C., making it one of the worst electoral college losses in U.S. history.

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Kennedy, L. (2020). Geraldine Ferraro’s 1984 VP Nomination  Was Historic, But Failed to Clinch a Win. History.com. Retrieved from https://www.history.com/news/geraldine-ferraro-vice-presidential-candid…

Murse, T. (2020). The Most Lopsided Presidential Elections in US History. ThoughtCo.Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/landslide-presidential-elections-by-electoral…

Catalog ID PO1183

Let's Back Ike

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Text on Button LET'S BACK IKE
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Top and bottom of button each have one small white star in the center on a red background. The middle of the button has a white background with one line of red uppercase text reading "Let's back" and larger dark blue uppercase text reading "IKE" below.

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Repeating pattern of union bugs alternating with bugs for 634 and 313.

Curl Text Green Duck Co Chicago union bug 634 union bug 313
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"Let's Back Ike" was part of Dwight D. Eisenhower's 1950's Republican campaign for president against the incumbent Democrat Adlai Stevenson. Ike was the nickname which he received as a child, and it was an abbreviation of his last name. As the 34th President of the United States, Eisenhower's platform was known for expanding social security, creating the interstate Highway system, and signing the Civil Rights Act into law.

Catalog ID PO1182

Red Cross Helps All People

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Text on Button HELPS ALL PEOPLE
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Red cross and red uppercase text curved below the cross on a white background

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The American Red Cross was founded by Clara Barton and a group of her acquaintances in Washington, D.C. in 1881. It is dedicated to helping people in need throughout the United States and, in association with other Red Cross networks, throughout the world. The organization accepts contributions of time, blood, and money to support lifesaving services and programs.

The "Helps All People" slogan is central to the core values of the Red Cross to help all people across the world, without bias.

Catalog ID CA0860

Long Hours are Bad Medicine Yellow

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Text on Button LONG HOURS ARE BAD MEDICINE CIR NFHO
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Bright yellow background with black uppercase letters in the center. A black logo sits above the main text, with a black union bug and black smaller organization acronym is below.

Curl Text Joy Products 25 West 45th St New York NY 10036
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A long-standing battle, between New York City hospitals and the residents and interns employed in the healthcare system, led to the formation of the Committee of Interns and Residents (CIR) in 1958. The CIR’s primary goals focused on obtaining reasonable working conditions and fair wages for its members. The CIR’s initial successes led to similar organizations springing up nationwide.

Over the years these local organizations met with mixed results and a call to organize arose. Thus, in 1984, the National Federation of Housestaff Officers (NFHO) was formed by representatives from housestaff organizations in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston, Chicago, Buffalo, New York, and New Jersey. 

In 1988, CIR and NFHO campaigned to reduce the long, intense hours of interns and residents in New York State Hospitals. Citing studies that show lack of sleep among doctors has become more dangerous to patients, they were able to get legislation passed to limit schedules to 24-hour shifts and 80-hour weeks.

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Archives of CIR. (2008). Organization affiliates and former affiliates: NFHO. Retrieved from https://sites.google.com/site/historyofcir/organization-affiliates-and-…

Daley, S. (June 10, 1988). Hospital interns long hours to be reduced in New York. New York Times. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/1988/06/10/nyregion/hospital-interns-long-hours…

Harmon, R.G. (1978). Intern and resident organizations in the United States: 1934-1977. Health and Society, 56(4). Retrieved from https://www.milbank.org/wp-content/uploads/mq/volume-56/issue-04/56-4-I…

Catalog ID CL0643

Princess Leia and R2D2 Star Wars

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Color photograph of Princess Leia bending down toward R2D2.

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BADGE A MINIT LASALLE ILL 61301

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The scene depicted here is from the 1977 film Star Wars, A New Hope and shows Princess Leia Organa (Carrie Fisher) entrusting her droid R2D2 (Kenny Baker) with secret plans for the dreaded Death Star battle station. Leia tasks R2D2 with finding Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi on the nearby planet of Tatooine and records the iconic, “You are our only hope” message.

Star Wars, released by 20th Century Fox, became a cultural touchstone and spawned a phenomenal amount of ancillary products, television shows, and movies. To date, there nine films in the original movie series, as well as two standalone feature films and an animated movie.

This particular button is unlicensed “bootleg” material produced by Heritage/Star Trek Galore.

Catalog ID EN0593

Long Hours are Bad Medicine

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Text on Button LONG HOURS ARE BAD MEDICINE CIR NFHO
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Bright green background with white uppercase letters in the center. A white logo sits above the main text, with a white union bug and smaller organization acronym is below.

Curl Text Joy Products 25 West 45th St New York NY 10036
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A long-standing battle, between New York City hospitals and the residents and interns employed in the healthcare system, led to the formation of the Committee of Interns and Residents (CIR) in 1958. The CIR’s primary goals focused on obtaining reasonable working conditions and fair wages for its members. The CIR’s initial successes led to similar organizations springing up nationwide.

Over the years these local organizations met with mixed results and a call to organize arose. Thus, in 1984, the National Federation of Housestaff Officers (NFHO) was formed by representatives from housestaff organizations in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston, Chicago, Buffalo, New York, and New Jersey. 

In 1988, CIR and NFHO campaigned to reduce the long, intense hours of interns and residents in New York State Hospitals. Citing studies that show lack of sleep among doctors has become more dangerous to patients, they were able to get legislation passed to limit schedules to 24-hour shifts and 80-hour weeks.

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Archives of CIR. (2008). Organization affiliates and former affiliates: NFHO. Retrieved from https://sites.google.com/site/historyofcir/organization-affiliates-and-…

Daley, S. (June 10, 1988). Hospital interns long hours to be reduced in New York. New York Times. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/1988/06/10/nyregion/hospital-interns-long-hours…

Harmon, R.G. (1978). Intern and resident organizations in the United States: 1934-1977. Health and Society, 56(4). Retrieved from https://www.milbank.org/wp-content/uploads/mq/volume-56/issue-04/56-4-I…

Catalog ID CL0642

Made in Vermont

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Text on Button MADE IN VERMONT
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Bright green uppercase text on centered on a white background

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Vermont is a US state in New England with a population close to 650,000. Its name derives from ‘vert mont,’ meaning ‘green mountain’ in French, which characterizes the state’s mountainous geography covered with lush green hardwoods and conifers. The area has a rich history, being inhabited for around 12,000 years by indigenous tribes such as the Mohawks, then colonized by France, and later ceded to England. Since its founding, Vermont had a strong abolitionist sentiment, and abolished slavery before any other US state.

Vermont is known for its agricultural produce, especially its roasted coffee, chocolate, apples, and dairy. For example, Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream was founded and is headquartered in Vermont. The state is also the national leader in maple syrup production. There are around 75 farmers markets throughout the state, many of which are organic, and this fresh produce is a significant component of Vermont's culture.

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Vermont. (2023, January 29). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermont#Manufacturing

Agency of Agriculture Food and Markets. (n.d.). Experience Vermont agriculture. State of Vermont. https://agriculture.vermont.gov/development/experience-vermont-agricultu...

Catalog ID EV0940

Zeigler

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Text on Button Zeigler Z
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White background with blue uppercase Zeigler placed over a large uppercase red Z in the center of the button.

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Catalog ID PO1181