Union Navy rubber buttons
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- Title:
- Union Navy rubber buttons
- Date:
- 1851
- Description:
- Rubber Union Navy four-holed buttons from Navy peacoat wore by crewmember James Wicks with raised letters "U.S.N.", three stars, and horizontal foul anchor on forward face and raised text on reverse side reading "Novelty Rubber, Goodyear's Patent, 1851, New York." Images show forward face of buttons following removal from submarine interior sediment, reverse face of buttons following removal from submarine interior sediment, and close-up of two buttons, one showing forward face and one showing reverse side, following cleaning and conservation.
- Collection Title:
- Hunley Artifact Collection – Personal Artifacts
- Contributing Institution:
- Friends of the Hunley
- Media Type:
- Objects
- Personal or Corporate Subject:
- H.L. Hunley (Submarine)
United States. Navy--Uniforms - Topical Subject:
- Buttons (Fasteners)--1860-1870
- S.C. County:
- Charleston County (S.C.)
- Shelving Locator:
- HL-1332,HL-1497,HL-1498,HL-1499,HL-2276,HL-2316,HL-2317,HL-2331
- Date Digital:
- 2004-03-15
- Digitization Specifications:
- 300 dpi, 24-bit depth, Nikon E990 and E4500
- Internet Media Type:
- image/jpeg
- Copyright Status Statement:
- Digital image copyright 2013, Friends of the Hunley. All rights reserved. For more information, contact Friends of the Hunley at 843.743.4865.
- Admin ID:
- 33533
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