The Pearl Button Story
Punched pearl button shells
Clamming Hooks
Clamming Boat
Clamming Operation
Punched Clam Shell
Pearl Button Company
Mississippi River Fuels Iowa Industry
Pearl Button Factory, Muscatine, IA. ca. 1912
Time Frame: 1912
Employees sitting on a pile of punched shells at Schreur's Pearl Button Factory. Muscatine, IA, ca. 1912.
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