Brand Mascots

Woodsy Owl first appeared in 1971 and asked Americans to take better care of the environment by disposing of trash properly. This updated version debuted in the early 1990s and helped inspire a new generation to give a hoot.

Chilly Dilly??was the "personality" pickle mascot used mostly in drive-in movie adds to sell dill pickles that were "packed in a jar for??the freshest flavor" and "served cold in a sac for you to savor."

"Hot Dan The Mustard Man" was a cartoon spokesperson for a large, nationally distributed mustard company. He was primarily used in print ads in the 40's and 50's. Hot Dan can be yours on our comfy, tan fleck tee.

In the early 1950s, between 20,000-60,000 people a year were becoming afflicted with polio. Jonas Salk and his team at the University of Pittsburgh developed a polio vaccine in 1952. By 1955 a campaign to vaccinate children in the U.S. was launched. ALbert Sabin...

Chesty Potato Chips were created by Chesty Foods in??Terre Haute, Indiana. They were available throughout the Midwest. Unable to compete with the giant national brands, the company ceased operations in the mid-'80s. Relive the crunch with this cotton/poly blended tee.

Look! It's Billy, the Sho Nuff Cherry Ice Cream Soda delivery boy!

Hot Sam Pretzels was a fast food??franchise that first opened in Detroit's Livonia Mall in 1966. With franchised locations also found mostly in shopping malls, it was bought by Mrs. Fields, off of cookies, in 1995 and merged with Pretzel Time. Hot Sam is...

Woodsy Owl first appeared in 1971 and asked Americans to take better care of the environment by disposing of trash properly. An??updated version??of Woodsy was developed in the 1990s.

In 1976, America's largest fast food chain introduced the character of Phil A. O'Fish to help sell their fish sandwiches. In recent years it has become the opposite of an urban legend with many asserting Phil A. O'Fish never existed. He did, but he...

Hot Sam Pretzels was a fast food??franchise that first opened in Detroit's Livonia Mall in 1966. With franchised locations also found mostly in shopping malls, it was bought by Mrs. Fields, off of cookies, in 1995 and merged with Pretzel Time. Hot Sam is...

It's one of the world's most famous ice cream bars.

Marty Mayrose was mostly seen in stop-motion, animated T.V. ads during the 70's to sell Mayrose Company meats. He was seen as your friendly, neighborhood butcher.

Founded in 1912 as Standard Oil of New Jersey after the breakup of the larger Standard Oil corporation, Esso gas stations were found all over the Northeastern United States and parts of the South starting in the 1930s. In 1972, most were re-branded Exxon....

Queenie Bee was the the beloved mascot of the Burger Queen fast food chain. She retired in 1981 when the chain changed its name to Druther's.

Howdy says, "have good outdoor manners." He first appeared in 1959 in public service advertisements in Pennsylvania. His primary mission was to encourage folks not to litter, prevent forest fires, and otherwise treat the land well.

Burger Chef was a fast-food hamburger chain that started in Indianapolis in 1958. At its peak in the mid 1970s, it was second only to McDonald's in the number of nationwide locations. In the late '70s, animated spokespersons Burger Chef and Jeff were introduced....

Royal Castle Hamburgers??was founded in 1938 by William Singer in Miami. The chain grew to over 175 locations in Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Ohio, and Michigan.??

Classic "Pete's Candy Coated Peanuts" design available on our heather blended tee.

Woodsy Owl first appeared in 1971 and asked Americans to take better care of the environment by disposing of trash properly.??An updated version of Woodsy was developed in the 1990s.

While it sounds like a feel good, positive mental health message, the "I'm Thumbody" campaign was, in fact, created for a financial services firm. It was introduced in 1971 and used to market various bank and credit unions across the U.S.