Five brass buttons
Scope and Contents
Five brass buttons: four measure 18 mm are made of brass with GAR (Grand Army of the Republic) on the dome side and one button on the reverse has printed around the shank AM Button Co. Newark (American Button Company of Newark, New Jersey); one button measures 22 mm made of brass with the seal of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on the dome side with Horstmann Philadelphia printed around the shank (William H. Horstmann, 5th & Cherry Strs, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) established 1815, Horstmann from Cassel, Germany emigrated to Philadelphia in 1815. He married the daughter of Frederick Hoeckly, a German settler and manufacturer of plaiting and braid trimmings for military uniforms and after 1828 also made swords with blades from Solingen, Germany.
Dates
- Creation: 1861 - 1973
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1861 - 1864
Creator
- From the Collection: Stuckey, John Henry (Compiler, Person)
- From the Collection: Richardson, Joseph D. (Author, Person)
- From the Collection: Rupert, Francis (Author, Person)
- From the Collection: Bickham, William T. (Author, Person)
Access Restrictions
Access Restrictions: Collection housed remotely. Users need to contact 24 hours in advance.
Extent
From the Collection: 0.5 Linear Feet ([1] box ; [94] items)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Lehigh University Special Collections Repository
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