’26-10: Our Button Club
Corvallis Button Club has about a dozen members and now meets on third Mondays for lunch and button study at Cascade Grill restaurant near I-5 exit in Albany, Oregon. Club […]
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’26-09: Vulcanized Fiber
This pretty flower basket is a button made with vulcanized fiber, a dense cellulose material made from sheets of paper chemically treated ….It is not papier-mâché.
’26-08: Topographical Engineer
I don’t have an overall favorite, but this scarce U.S. Army Corps of Topographical Engineers(opens in new tab) button is among the top few. The button is one-piece, 7/8 inch, […]
’26-07: East Meets West
A sulphide paperweight button inspires this month’s Aerogramme story celebrating the 100th anniversary of Route 66. The car in the button is stylized rather than a depiction of a specific […]
’26-06: Minted in 1776
How fortunate we are to find these buttons 250 years later, preserved as buttons by those who had them as coins. With hindsight, the year 1776 reminds us how differently history can turn: while some rulers carved up and devoured nations, others declared the right to govern with civility as people.
’26-05: Pretty Purl
Old clothing accessories are tangible remnants of a forgotten era. They remind us that people once dressed differently, fastened their garments differently, expressing personal taste through small objects.
’26-04: Hook and Loop
Old clothing accessories are tangible remnants of a forgotten era. They remind us that people once dressed differently, fastened their garments differently, expressing personal taste through small objects.
’26-03: Ancient Bottle Gin
It’s a barrel, not a bottle — yet it proclaims “ANCIENT BOTTLE GIN.” Gin does not age in barrels, so why say ancient? Why put gin in a barrel?
’26-02: Fire Horse
The button above is extra-large at 3¼” tall, retaining the natural curve of a bovine shin bone. Visit this button in the Button Album to view the details and watch a video of buttons being made from bones.
’26-01: Danish Button Trio
Under magnification it turns into a miniature stage set: two “wild men” supporters flank the shield, a draped pavilion frames the scene, and a royal crown with orb-and-cross sits above like a finial. The shield itself is the real marvel—nested like Russian dolls…