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Overview"The Mississippi River town of Muscatine produced billions of pearl buttons. By 1905, Muscatine made 37 percent of the world's buttons and earned the title of ""Pearl Button Capital of the World."" The rise and fall of the pearl button occurred over a period of 75 years. John Frederick Boepple, a German immigrant button maker, launched the industry in 1891. The button and clamming industries started small but quickly overwhelmed the town. Clamming became the Mississippi River's gold rush while large automated factories and shell-cutting shops employed nearly half the local workforce. Entire families--men, women, and children--contributed to the industry, giving weight to the popular local saying ""No Muscatine resident can enter Heaven without evidence of previous servitude in the button industry."" Although the industry peaked in 1916, several decades passed before the American-made pearl button buckled under the pressure of foreign competition, changing fashion, limited availability of shell, and the development and refinement of plastic buttons." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Melanie K AlexanderPublisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions Imprint: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions Dimensions: Width: 17.00cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 24.40cm Weight: 0.413kg ISBN: 9781531631796ISBN 10: 1531631797 Pages: 130 Publication Date: 01 October 2007 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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