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 Company
Time Frame: 1890s
Exterior of a pearl button factory. The manufacture of pearl buttons was a booming industry in Muscatine in the 1890s when this photo was taken.
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