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Mount Rushmore National Memorial
ca. 1941
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Plaster with purplish red-brown stipple finish
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Button Hook

Button Hook
Button Hook
Object name 
Button Hook
Date 
1890-1930
Medium 
Metal
Dimensions 
3 1/2 x 1/4 x 1/8 in.
Description 
This small metal wand has a loop on one end to aid in buttoning clothes or shoes. It is embossed "Johnson & Conde/ Clothiers" on one side and on the other "Ballston Spa, N.Y."
Credit Line 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number 
2002.1.1053
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.