The Pearl Button, for every comparison it invariably raises — a splash of the great Russian here, a dash of Godfrey. There’s the temptation to throw out a big, (somewhat) cheeky comparison and say ...

The waterways of western Patagonia were home several hundred years ago to Chileâ?Ts first and only maritime people, who travelled between the archipelagos in boats with fires burning inside them. In ...

Cedar Rapids had two other button factories, both on South First Street: Iowa Pearl Button Co. and Keystone Pearl Button Co. By 1916, the United States was producing close to 6 billion buttons a year.

Narrating the film in his reflective, measured voice, Guzman tells the story of Jemmy Button, a native of Tierra del Fuego who in 1830 was taken to England by a ship’s captain to be “civilized”.

National Pearl Button Museum. Clip: Season 1 Episode 106 | 1m 49s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Explore the story of how mussel shells put Muscatine on the world map. 05/08/2024 ...

The city of Birmingham may not now be much-loved saga writer Annie Murray’s home territory but its people, its streets and its fascinating past have become an integral part of both her life and ...

Besides Davenport Pearl Button, the city was home to National, Tri-City, Hawkeye and Boepple button companies. Overall, the pearl button industry rose and fell over a 75-year period, peaking in 1916.

The pearl-button industry was short-lived in the Stillwater area, but some locals made it big. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 64°F. Monday, July 7th 2025 Today's Paper.

It’s nearly 30 years since Murray captured readers’ hearts with Birmingham Rose, her first Birmingham-based novel, and now she’s back with The Pearl Button Girl, the first of a gritty new ...