Name: Iowa Files: Buttons, Buttons, Iowa Made the Buttons!
Start: 2023-04-16T14:30:00-05:00
End: 2023-04-16T15:30:00-05:00
Location: West Des Moines Public Library

(515) 222-3400

4000 Mills Civic Pkwy

West Des Moines, IA 50265

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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!