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Cecil Guthrie--
The Pearl button factory in the 1920s
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Cecil Guthrie--
Making $4-$7 a week cutting buttons and getting by
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Cecil Guthrie--
Health hazards from cutting buttons
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Cecil Guthrie--
What made Cecil the best button cutter in the factory
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Cecil Guthrie--
Button factory working conditions
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Paul Hanks--
Story about a mountain of "creeper" shells
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Paul Hanks--
Jobs in the button factory
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Paul Hanks--
Picking up, weighing, and hauling shells
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Paul Hanks--
Brief description of job with button factory
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Paul Hanks--
Salaries in the button factory
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Paul Hanks--
Using a shell fork, weighing shells
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Paul Hanks--
Cutters paid by weight of blanks
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Roy Ottwel--
Pay for button cutting
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Roy Ottwel--
Working conditions in the factory
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Roy Ottwel--
Description of cutting blanks
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Roy Ottwel--
Button factories and selling blanks
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Roy Ottwel--
Finishing the blanks into buttons
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Al Parry--
Beardstown area button factories
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