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PSA's promotion and marketing department tended to work overtime creating innovative ways to promote the airline. The longest-lasting, and most visible (besides the smile) were the buttons. 

Circa 1969 - Smiling button

Circa 1967

Circa 1978

Circa 1980

Circa 1979

Circa 1976

Puerto Vallarta/Mazatlan, 1980

Phoenix button, circa 1983

100millsmi-btn.jpg (36167 bytes)

welcome-btn.jpg (18567 bytes)

100 Million Smiles, 1982

Welcome Back, date unknown.

Early 1970's 1986 Christmas Ornament (Chris Laborde)
btn-grtair.jpg (16125 bytes) btn-lax1.jpg (22077 bytes)
(Date unknown) Circa 1984 - #1 at LAX!
btn-sos.jpg (14918 bytes) btn-exp.jpg (17752 bytes)

Save our Smile! (1987)

PSA Expressway, 1984

btn-blf.jpg (16002 bytes)

btn-hdn.jpg (19428 bytes)

Bright Lights Flights, 1978

Steamboat Springs button, 1986-87

btn-nec.jpg (21056 bytes)

btn-bli.jpg (22457 bytes)

New cities, 1986

Bellingham inagural, 1985

btn-iata.jpg (26801 bytes)

btn-usps.jpg (19959 bytes)

IATA button, 1985

USAir & PSA, 1987

btn-caltour.jpg (22891 bytes) btn-7mill.jpg (35946 bytes)
Circa 1985 1977 Button
btn-bud.jpg (29728 bytes) btn-ttmys.jpg (22509 bytes)
Welcome aboard Bud(weiser), 1982 We've Got to be Tough, circa 1985
btn-liftac.jpg (14458 bytes) btn-cos85.jpg (20178 bytes)
PSA gives you a lift, late 1960's Catch Our Smile, 1985
PSA is #1 at LAX, 1984 Seattle, 1981
UM Button Catch Us! (Rainbow) (Mike Farris)
1971 (Mike Farris) 1976 (Mike Farris)
1981 (Mike Farris) Early 1970s (Mike Farris)
Teamsters button (Mike Farris) Union button (Mike Farris)
Count on Me and PSA, 1982 Executive Flyer, 1983
PSA Loves Long Beach PSA Gives you a Lift in California
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