Here's a good list of button sites -
http://s.webring.com/hub?ring=buttoncollect - also

National Button Society 
2733 Juno Place
Akron, OH  44333-4137

Mike

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> From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On 
> Behalf Of Carol Serr
> Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 1:12 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [HISTARCH] button manufacturer
> 
> Sorry Nancy, can't help ya any with your button...but since 
> the topic is buttons...and I've not been able to find a scrap 
> of info online...does anyone here know about a 1/2 dia., 
> 4-hole metal buttons...with the
> marking  * M. ROCK * / NEW YORK   around the periphery??  
> It's probably
> from overalls or trousers. ??
> 
> Also have a flat, 4-hole button (unwashed so far; was just 
> looking thru the bags of stuff coming in to the Lab; so don't 
> know the material) marked
>  * DEPOSE * / PARIS
> All I could sleuthe out online is that apparently 'depose' 
> means "made in"...
> (I don't speak/read French).
> 
> Thanks for any help.
> 
> Carol Serr
> Mooney * Jones & Stokes
> CRM Lab Director
> 9903 Businesspark Ave. * San Diego  CA  92131-1120
> 858-578-8964  *  FAX 858-578-0578
> [log in to unmask]  www.jonesandstokes.com
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> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Nancy O'Malley [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> >Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 8:09 AM
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: button manufacturer
> >
> >
> >Does anyone have a button book that lists W.Stanley, London? 
> I have a 
> >small metal button with eyelet that is so marked--probably late 
> >18th-early 19th century in date. Thank you in advance.
> >
> >Nancy O'Malley
> >Assistant Director
> >William S. Webb Museum of Anthropology
> >1020A Export St.
> >University of Kentucky
> >Lexington, Ky. 40506
> >Tele: 859-257-1944
> >FAX: 859-323-1968
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> >
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