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Button collecting is the collecting of various types of clothing buttons. Button collecting varies widely. In its most informal manifestation, a button collection may simply be the household button container, where buttons are stored for future use on clothing or for crafts. At the other end of the spectrum is the competitive collector, mainly ...
Dorset button. 'Blandford Cartwheel' button. A Dorset button is a style of craft-made button originating in the English county of Dorset. Their manufacture was at a peak between 1622 and 1850, after which they were overtaken by machine-made buttons from factories in the developing industries of Birmingham and other growing cities.
The Dowler family was engaged in the brass founding business since the late-18th century and had been making whistles since the early 20022s at least. In 1876, the company was named after William Dowler, following protracted legal fights concerning inheritance between the brothers George and William Dowler. In 1870, a large fire that started at ...
General Orders 13, War Department, June 9, 1925. 1925–1939. The Honorable Service Lapel Button, colloquially called " Ruptured Duck " by the members of the military, was a lapel button awarded for honorable Federal military service between 1925 and 1946. [ 1] The award, designed by Anthony de Francisci, was issued for wear on the left lapel ...
Phoenix buttons were designed to be used on Haitian military uniforms during the 1811-1820 reign of Henry Christophe (King Henry I of Haiti, 1811-1820). These buttons carry the image of a phoenix bird, included regimental numbers and were, “made of a good grade brass”. By the time the buttons had been ordered, manufactured in England, and ...
A button accordion is a type of accordion on which the melody -side keyboard consists of a series of buttons. This differs from the piano accordion, which has piano-style keys. Erich von Hornbostel and Curt Sachs categorize it as a free reed aerophone in their classification of instruments, published in 1914. [ 1]
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