Sample card of ivory buttons from the Button Machinery Company, Hoboken factory at Grand & Eleventh Sts., no date, ca. 1930-1940.
Entry/Object ID
2006.041.0009
Description
Sample card of ivory buttons from the Button Machinery Company, Hoboken factory at the corner of Grand and Eleventh Streets, no date, ca. 1930-1940. Card: white colored paper on cardboard with gold printed text and outlines; 10-1/4" wide x 7-3/4" high; with 12 sample buttons sewn to card.
Text: The Button Machinery Company, Hoboken, N.J., Manufacturers of Ivory Buttons. Phone, HOboken3-0914.
Handwitten above the buttons in red ink is "Winner" over a gold printed line which appears to have been the intended spot for a style or stock number. Not known if the line was called Winner or if they were the winner of some competition.
Buttons are displayed singlely in the printed boxes with color numbers above each one except for black which is named as such.
Seven digit phone numbers with exchange names were introduced in NYC and Hoboken in 1930.
According to Jim Hans, the Hoboken factory was located at 801-833 Adams St. in 1929.
