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Out of the Attic: Mississippi clam shells were basis for pearl button industry

Out of the Attic: Mississippi clam shells were basis for pearl button industry
Julie Martineau
Des Moines County Historical Society
Catalog number 73.82 is described as a clam shell from the Mississippi River, given to us by a Mrs. Carl Myers of Mediapolis.
The object its self is unassuming, and indeed, common enough in this area. In fact, they are so common they were the basis for an entire industry.
The remnants of the Mississippi Pearl Button industry still can be found in old concrete and along the river front fairly regularly. Shells with holes punched in them were used to reinforce and fill concrete aggregate and were thrown in the river for many a year. ....

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Des Moines County Historical Society to reopen Heritage Center Museum

Family Story Gallery
Once inside, visitors will find a new upper-level Family Story Gallery exhibit celebrating some of Burlington s early families, complete with photos and items they would have used.
We try to tie artifacts to actual people if we can to make (the history) more real, said Schneiderman.
Space dedicated to clothing merchant Solomon Herschler, who headed the initial wave of Jews to Burlington in the 1850s, and became a prominent citizen and alderman who established a Jewish cemetery here, includes items from Temple Israel including a menorah, a men s prayer shawl, a velvet-embroidered shawl case, and a close to 100-year-old children s prayer book that belonged to Schneiderman s great-grandfather. ....

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