Buttons fused together during the Great Fire of Chicago, 1871
- Image
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- Created Date
- circa 1871
- Description
Collection of buttons and mortar fused together into a clump. Buttons are made of mother-of-pearl and are white with four holes, some have blue patterns.
- Contributing Institution
- Chicago History Museum
- Subjects
- Artifacts (object genre)
Buttons (fasteners)
Great Fire (1871 : Chicago, Ill.)
Disasters
Fires (events) - Location
- United States
Chicago (Ill.) - Type
- physical object
- Format
- Height: (1.3125 in)Width: (3 in)Depth: (2.25 in)Mother of pearl
- Language
- English
- Rights
- © Chicago Historical Society, published on or before 2016, all rights reserved.
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- Chicago citation style
- Buttons fused together during the Great Fire of Chicago, 1871. circa 1871. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/1756. (Accessed April 19, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- (circa 1871) Buttons fused together during the Great Fire of Chicago, 1871. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/1756
- MLA citation style
- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/1756>.