Box of Conductor Buttons

Object/Artifact

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Nevada Northern Railway Museum

Name/Title

Box of Conductor Buttons

Entry/Object ID

0001.B0015.A0001

Description

Box of gold colored "large" buttons for conductors' jackets from the Waterbury Button Co. received by the NNRy March 14, 1912. Box has original label, three cards of buttons. Buttons protected by red tissue paper and a white paper covering. Buttons stamped "Conductor" around a wheel with two stars.

Category

Buttons
Uniform, Clothing

Acquisition

Accession

0001.1

Source or Donor

Kennecott Copper Company

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Waterbury Button Co.

Date made

circa 1912

Time Period

20th Century

Place

City

Waterbury

* Untyped Place

Connecticut

Country

U.S.A.

Continent

North America

Dimensions

Height

3-1/2 in

Width

4-1/2 in

Depth

6-1/2 in