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  2. Dorset button - Wikipedia

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    A Dorset button is a style of craft-made button originating in the English county of Dorset. Their manufacture was at a peak between 1622 and 1850, after which they were overtaken by machine-made buttons from factories in the developing industries of Birmingham and other growing cities.

  3. W Dowler & Sons - Wikipedia

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    W Dowler & Sons, founded in 1744 in Birmingham, was a large-scale manufacturer of numerous goods, notably buttons, Vesta matches, hand bells, letter balances, swords, corkscrews and whistles .

  4. Aaron Peasley - Wikipedia

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    Years active. early 1820s. Known for. Military uniform buttons. Spouse. Lois Woodward (m. 1809) Aaron Merrill Peasley (born Peaslee) (July 2, 1775 in Newton, New Hampshire – April 6, 1837 in Dayton, Ohio ), was one of early America's foremost button makers.

  5. Samuel Williston (button-maker) - Wikipedia

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    Samuel Williston (button-maker) Samuel Williston (1795–1874) was a farmer who started the manufacture of covered buttons in Easthampton, Massachusetts. These were initially made by hand as a cottage industry but he organised mechanisation of the process and established a substantial factory in Haydenville.

  6. Button collecting - Wikipedia

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    Button collecting varies widely. In its most informal manifestation, a button collection may simply be the household button container, where buttons are stored for future use on clothing or for crafts. At the other end of the spectrum is the competitive collector, mainly found in the United States .

  7. Snap fastener - Wikipedia

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    A snap fastener, also called snap button, press button, [1] press stud, [1] press fastener, dome fastener, popper, snap and tich (or tich button ), is a pair of interlocking discs, made out of a metal or plastic, commonly used in place of traditional buttons to fasten clothing and for similar purposes.