Iowa Files: Buttons, Buttons, Iowa Made the Buttons!

2:30pm - 3:30pm
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Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Program
Event Details:
Muscatine, Iowa was the primary American manufacturing source for mother-of-pearl buttons made from Mississippi River shellfish, beginning in 1890 and by 1898 The Pearl City (Muscatine) was the largest manufacturer of pearl buttons in the world! Iowa...