Buttonhook

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Genesee Country Village & Museum

Name/Title

Buttonhook

Entry/Object ID

2024.41.095

Description

Small-sized steel advertising buttonhook and handle. Handle is bent into kidney shape, flattened, then embossed with swirling pattern on one sides. Other side features advertisement for: "TODD'S BOOT SHOP, 52 CLINTON AV.N. OPP. MASONIC TEMPLE." Tarnish across surface, areas of rust. Areas of paint.

Collection

Genesee Country Village and Museum

Category

Accessory
Historic Costume

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Buttonhook

Clothing Sex

Unisex

Textile Details

Material

Steel

Made/Created

Date made

1860 - 1910