Buttonhook

Object/Artifact

Grover Center: Museum & Historical Society

With hook extended

Name/Title

Buttonhook

Description

Folding shoe buttonhook; closed looks something like a small pocket knife; has a metal housing of sheet iron plated with nickel or similar bright metal; housing made from one piece of metal folded over on itself and has a rivet thru one end which also serves as pivot hing for the hook; one side of housing is stamped " The Walk-Over Shoe"; base of hook stamped with maker's info and patent date. One side stamped in small letters "J.L.S> Co, Newark, N.J." Used to button shoe buttons

Use

Used to button shoes.

Collection

Found In Collection

Acquisition

Accession

1986.001

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Made/Created

Place

Location

Newark, N.J.

Notes

Made: J.L.S.Mfg Co.

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Nov 15, 2001

Create Date

November 15, 2001

Update Date

August 13, 2026