Author: Melanie K. Alexander
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738550930
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
The Mississippi River town of Muscatine produced billions of pearl buttons. By 1905, Muscatine made 37 percent of the world's buttons and earned the title of "Pearl Button Capital of the World." The rise and fall of the pearl button occurred over a period of 75 years. John Frederick Boepple, a German immigrant button maker, launched the industry in 1891. The button and clamming industries started small but quickly overwhelmed the town. Clamming became the Mississippi River's gold rush while large automated factories and shell-cutting shops employed nearly half the local workforce. Entire families--men, women, and children--contributed to the industry, giving weight to the popular local saying "No Muscatine resident can enter Heaven without evidence of previous servitude in the button industry." Although the industry peaked in 1916, several decades passed before the American-made pearl button buckled under the pressure of foreign competition, changing fashion, limited availability of shell, and the development and refinement of plastic buttons.
The Fresh-water Pearl Button Industry in Muscatine, Iowa
Author: Rebecca Hatfield Meints
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Languages : en
Pages : 174
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Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 174
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Muscatine's Pearl Button Industry
Author: Melanie K. Alexander
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738550930
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
The Mississippi River town of Muscatine produced billions of pearl buttons. By 1905, Muscatine made 37 percent of the world's buttons and earned the title of "Pearl Button Capital of the World." The rise and fall of the pearl button occurred over a period of 75 years. John Frederick Boepple, a German immigrant button maker, launched the industry in 1891. The button and clamming industries started small but quickly overwhelmed the town. Clamming became the Mississippi River's gold rush while large automated factories and shell-cutting shops employed nearly half the local workforce. Entire families--men, women, and children--contributed to the industry, giving weight to the popular local saying "No Muscatine resident can enter Heaven without evidence of previous servitude in the button industry." Although the industry peaked in 1916, several decades passed before the American-made pearl button buckled under the pressure of foreign competition, changing fashion, limited availability of shell, and the development and refinement of plastic buttons.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738550930
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
The Mississippi River town of Muscatine produced billions of pearl buttons. By 1905, Muscatine made 37 percent of the world's buttons and earned the title of "Pearl Button Capital of the World." The rise and fall of the pearl button occurred over a period of 75 years. John Frederick Boepple, a German immigrant button maker, launched the industry in 1891. The button and clamming industries started small but quickly overwhelmed the town. Clamming became the Mississippi River's gold rush while large automated factories and shell-cutting shops employed nearly half the local workforce. Entire families--men, women, and children--contributed to the industry, giving weight to the popular local saying "No Muscatine resident can enter Heaven without evidence of previous servitude in the button industry." Although the industry peaked in 1916, several decades passed before the American-made pearl button buckled under the pressure of foreign competition, changing fashion, limited availability of shell, and the development and refinement of plastic buttons.
Muscatine's Pearl Button Industry
Author: Melanie K. Alexander
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439634920
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
The Mississippi River town of Muscatine produced billions of pearl buttons. By 1905, Muscatine made 37 percent of the worlds buttons and earned the title of Pearl Button Capital of the World. The rise and fall of the pearl button occurred over a period of 75 years. John Frederick Boepple, a German immigrant button maker, launched the industry in 1891. The button and clamming industries started small but quickly overwhelmed the town. Clamming became the Mississippi Rivers gold rush while large automated factories and shell-cutting shops employed nearly half the local workforce. Entire familiesmen, women, and childrencontributed to the industry, giving weight to the popular local saying No Muscatine resident can enter Heaven without evidence of previous servitude in the button industry. Although the industry peaked in 1916, several decades passed before the American-made pearl button buckled under the pressure of foreign competition, changing fashion, limited availability of shell, and the development and refinement of plastic buttons.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439634920
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
The Mississippi River town of Muscatine produced billions of pearl buttons. By 1905, Muscatine made 37 percent of the worlds buttons and earned the title of Pearl Button Capital of the World. The rise and fall of the pearl button occurred over a period of 75 years. John Frederick Boepple, a German immigrant button maker, launched the industry in 1891. The button and clamming industries started small but quickly overwhelmed the town. Clamming became the Mississippi Rivers gold rush while large automated factories and shell-cutting shops employed nearly half the local workforce. Entire familiesmen, women, and childrencontributed to the industry, giving weight to the popular local saying No Muscatine resident can enter Heaven without evidence of previous servitude in the button industry. Although the industry peaked in 1916, several decades passed before the American-made pearl button buckled under the pressure of foreign competition, changing fashion, limited availability of shell, and the development and refinement of plastic buttons.
Code of Fair Competition for the Fresh Water Pearl Button Manufacturing Industry, as Approved on February 26, 1934
Author: United States. National Recovery Administration
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Category : Pearl button industry
Languages : en
Pages : 16
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Publisher:
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Category : Pearl button industry
Languages : en
Pages : 16
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The Button Industry
Author: United States Tariff Commission
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Category : Buttons
Languages : en
Pages : 132
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Category : Buttons
Languages : en
Pages : 132
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Pearl Buttons
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means
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Category : Pearl button industry
Languages : en
Pages : 80
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Category : Pearl button industry
Languages : en
Pages : 80
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Fresh-water Mussels and Mussel Industries of the United States
Author: Robert Ervin Coker
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Category : Freshwater mussels
Languages : en
Pages : 144
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Category : Freshwater mussels
Languages : en
Pages : 144
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Scientific American
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 432
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 432
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Code of Fair Competition for the Fur Manufacturing Industry as Approved on May 19, 1934
Author: United States. National Recovery Administration
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Category : Fur trade
Languages : en
Pages : 1290
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Category : Fur trade
Languages : en
Pages : 1290
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Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York
Author: New York (State). Legislature. Assembly
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1914
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Publisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1914
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