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| Title | Buttonhook |
| Object Name | Buttonhook |
| Description | French Ivory handle with metal button hook part. Buttonhooks were designed to help pull buttons through stiff leather on shoes and boots, or to fasten buttons on garments. Buttonhooks were used for shoe buttons, spats and gaiters, and smaller types ("glovehooks") were used for buttons on dresses, sleeves and men's stiff collars. For more on buttonhooks: http://www.thebuttonhooksociety.com/collecting.html |
| Date Manufactured | 1915-1930 |
| Material | Cellulose Nitrate |
| Manufacturing Process | Fabricated |
| Number of Objects | 1 |
| Accession Number | 2003.632 |
| Donor | Gift of National Plastics Center. |
| Broad Subject | Personal Care and Toiletries
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| Subjects | Personal Care
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| For More Information | Please address inquires to the Public Services Librarian, Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Library (e-mail: scrc@syr.edu, tel. 315-443-2697). |
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