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Shell Buttons

Blank Factories Button Shells Decorating a Grave Ebonyshell Pearl Buttons Mucket Pistolgrip Mussel Button Shell Bits of Mussel Shell Yellow Sandshell Mussel Button Shell Mother of Pearl Button Buttons made from Fresh Water Mussels Mother of Pearl Buttons Japanese Pearl Buttons Mother of Pearl Button <B>Button Card </B>(reverse side) from a Washington, Iowa shell button factory on the Mississippi River. The numbered circles on the card show the various sized of buttons, which are measured in <i>ligne,</i>.

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