WRBA Members suggest our favorite non-commercial button community (Button Clubs, State Societies, Websites, Facebook Groups, Pinterest Boards, or an upcoming button event.
The list below is in no particular order.
Sewing, Craft & Related Communities
Suggest your favorite places from WRBA to link to.
Our next button story is about this button: https://wrba.us/buttons/corvallis-button-club/
This is being shared via the Idaho State Button Society.
https://wrba.us/buttons/basket-of-flowers/
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.
#ButtonHistory #WearableHistory #MaterialCulture #MulticulturalHistory #EuropeanHistory #WorldHistory #HistoryThroughObjects #CulturalHeritage #VulcanizedFiber #AntiqueButtons #ButtonCollectors #Cellulose #IndustrialMaterials #DecorativeArts
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.
#ButtonHistory #WearableHistory #MaterialCulture #MulticulturalHistory #EuropeanHistory #WorldHistory #HistoryThroughObjects #CulturalHeritage #VulcanizedFiber #AntiqueButtons #ButtonCollectors #Cellulose #IndustrialMaterials #DecorativeArts
Basket of Flowers
This button is featured in the September 2026 issue of the Button Aerogramme .
https://wrba.us/buttons/topographical-engineers/
This is the button (ca. 1840-60) featured in this month's WRBA Button Aerogramme story.
This is the button (ca. 1840-60) featured in this month's WRBA Button Aerogramme story.
Topographical Engineers
The button is one-piece, 7/8 inch, gilt yellow metal, with a raised SCOVILLS ★ WATERBURY ★ backmark within a recessed circular channel, dating it to the Scovills & Co. period, 1840–1850.
Question button - anyone know about this owl button?
Who is he?
This is a question button. Kings Ladder asks “Help me solve the mystery behind this celluloid owl button? Who made it? When was it made? Do you know of others in the same style? This one is without…
National button convention is a lot of fun!