1958 Railway Carmen’s Button

Another vintage union badge. Although this job probably still exists.

1942 Milk Driver’s Badge

From the ‘jobs that no longer exist’ category: a milk driver’s union button from the 1942.

Vintage Pabst Button

While we’re on the working class beers of yesteryear, here’s a vintage button from Pabst Blue Ribbon which has had a huge resugence as of late. I wonder if Schlitz is due for a comeback.

1982 Schlitz / Fleetwood Mac Button

Apparently in 1982 Fleetwood Mac did a tour that was sponsored by The Beer That Made Milwaukee Famous.

Antique Dr. Pepper Buttons

Part of an old Dr. Pepper marketing campaign. “Dr. Pepper time”, according to the campaign, was at 10, 2 and 4 o’clock.

Droid Coke Button

This is either a poor man’s R2D2 or some other generic droid. Likely a promotional tie-in from one of the original Star Wars films.

Vintage Doughboy Button

A nice vintage promotional button for Pillsbury cookie dough.

The story of the Pillsbury Doughboy from Wikipedia:

The Pillsbury Doughboy was created by the Leo Burnett advertising agency’s copy writer Rudy Perz as he was sitting in his kitchen in 1962, under pressure to create an advertising campaign. Tanttila imagined a living dough boy popping out of a Pillsbury Crescent Rolls can. To distinguish the dough boy from the rolls, he gave it a scarf, a chef’s hat, two big blue eyes, a blush, and a soft, warm chuckle when poked in the stomach.

1950s Archie Club Button

Archie first appeared in Pep Comics #22 in 1941. 70+ years later he’s still going strong.

Famous Works as Photographs

A while ago Booooooom held a contest where readers were asked to recreate famous works of art using photography.

Here are the top picks according to Juxtapoz.

Hi-Yo Silver

This advertising button for the Lone Ranger comics says “Hi-Yo, Silver”. I always thought the Lone Ranger said “Hi Ho, Silver”.

Wikipedia has conflicting information on this fact.