Muscatine S Pearl Button Industry
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Muscatine S Pearl Button Industry
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Author : Melanie K. Alexander
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2007
Muscatine S Pearl Button Industry written by Melanie K. Alexander and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.
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.
Hearings
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Author : United States. Congress. House
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1955
Hearings written by United States. Congress. House and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1955 with categories.
Flood Control Projects
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Rivers and Harbors
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1954
Flood Control Projects written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Rivers and Harbors and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1954 with Beach erosion categories.
Rivers And Harbors Omnibus Bill Title I H R 9859
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Rivers and Harbors
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1954
Rivers And Harbors Omnibus Bill Title I H R 9859 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Rivers and Harbors and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1954 with Beach erosion categories.
Committee Serial No. 83-17. Continuation of hearings on beach erosion projects authorization, v.2.
Rivers And Harbors Omnibus Bill Title I H R 9859
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1954
Rivers And Harbors Omnibus Bill Title I H R 9859 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1954 with Beach erosion categories.
Flood Control Omnibus Bill Title Ii H R 9859
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1954
Flood Control Omnibus Bill Title Ii H R 9859 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1954 with Flood control categories.
Hearings
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1955
Hearings written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1955 with categories.
Testimony Of Members Of Congress Interested Organizations And Individuals
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1955
Testimony Of Members Of Congress Interested Organizations And Individuals written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1955 with Public works categories.
Public Works Appropriations For 1956
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1955
Public Works Appropriations For 1956 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1955 with Public works categories.
Public Works Appropriations For 1956
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Public Works
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1955
Public Works Appropriations For 1956 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Public Works and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1955 with Public works categories.