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  2. Button collecting - Wikipedia

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    Green vintage buttons. 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.

  3. Button - Wikipedia

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    A button is a fastener that joins two pieces of fabric together by slipping through a loop or by sliding through a buttonhole. In modern clothing and fashion design, buttons are commonly made of plastic but also may be made of metal, wood, or seashell. Buttons can also be used on containers such as wallets and bags.

  4. Buttonhook - Wikipedia

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    To use, the hook end is inserted through the buttonhole to capture the button by the shank and draw it through the opening. [1]: 7 Buttonhooks have other uses as well. At Ellis Island, screeners known as "buttonhook men" used buttonhooks to turn immigrants' eyelids inside out to look for signs of trachoma. [2] [better source needed]

  5. List of raw materials used in button-making - Wikipedia

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    Please see external links for images of buttons (front & back) made from the material(s) in question. ("NBS name" refers to labelling used by the National Button Society, USA.) ("NBS name" refers to labelling used by the National Button Society, USA.)

  6. Phoenix buttons - Wikipedia

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    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”.

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