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Div. IV Section 9 : Other Related Specialties

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Some descriptions of these items may be cut off.  Full descriptions can be seen in the slide show mode.

9-1 Bachelor Buttons - Bachelor Button Original Store Cards
9-1 Bachelor Buttons - Bachelor Button Original Store Cards
9-1 Bachelor Buttons - Pilcher Bachelor Button c.1917 Side View
9-1 Bachelor Buttons - Pilcher Bachelor Button c.1917 Side View
Pilcher Bachelor Button Parts
Pilcher Bachelor Button Parts
9-1 Bachelor Buttons - Pilcher Bachelor Button Patent
9-1 Bachelor Buttons - Pilcher Bachelor Button Patent
9-1 Bachelor Buttons - Modern "Perfect Fit" Purchased in 2011
9-1 Bachelor Buttons - Modern "Perfect Fit" Purchased in 2011
9-1 Bachelor Buttons - "Perfect Fit" Bachelor Button Parts
9-1 Bachelor Buttons - "Perfect Fit" Bachelor Button Parts
9-1 Bachelor Buttons - Mary Carpenter Bachelor Button Patent
9-1 Bachelor Buttons - Mary Carpenter Bachelor Button Patent
9-1 Bachelor Buttons - T. J. Winans Bachelor Button Patent
9-1 Bachelor Buttons - T. J. Winans Bachelor Button Patent
9-1 Bachelor Buttons - J. P. Platt Bachelor Button Patent
9-1 Bachelor Buttons - J. P. Platt Bachelor Button Patent
9-1 Bachelor Buttons - A. McKevit Bachelor Button Patent
9-1 Bachelor Buttons - A. McKevit Bachelor Button Patent
9-1 Bachelor Buttons - G. Kellog Bachelor Button Patent
9-1 Bachelor Buttons - G. Kellog Bachelor Button Patent
9-1 Bachelor Buttons - J. Waldes Bachelor Button Patent
9-1 Bachelor Buttons - J. Waldes Bachelor Button Patent
9-1 Bachelor Buttons - J. Holmes Bachelor Button Patent
9-1 Bachelor Buttons - J. Holmes Bachelor Button Patent
9-1 Bachelor Buttons - B. H. Bradley Bachelor Button Patent
9-1 Bachelor Buttons - B. H. Bradley Bachelor Button Patent
9-1 Bachelor Buttons - E. Jaffe Bachelor Button Patent
9-1 Bachelor Buttons - E. Jaffe Bachelor Button Patent
9-2 Snapettes - Snap type - Brass
Back mark "B Blumenthal & Co. Inc.
9-2 Snapettes - Snap type - Brass
Back mark "B Blumenthal & Co. Inc.
9-2 Snapettes - Snap type - Bakelite - Realistic Ball Cap
9-2 Snapettes - Snap type - Bakelite - Realistic Ball Cap
9-2 Snapettes - Snap type - Glass in metal
9-2 Snapettes - Snap type - Glass in metal
9-2 Snapettes - Snap type - Brass with Wood OME
9-2 Snapettes - Snap type - Brass with Wood OME
9-2 Snapettes - Snap type - Wood with Paint OME - Back mark "Fred Gray"
9-2 Snapettes - Snap type - Wood with Paint OME - Back mark "Fred Gray"
9-2 Snapettes - Snap type - Brass with White Metal
9-2 Snapettes - Snap type - Brass with White Metal
9-2 Snapettes - Snap type - Bakelite in Metal
9-2 Snapettes - Snap type - Bakelite in Metal
9-2 Snapettes - Snap type - Celluloid
9-2 Snapettes - Snap type - Celluloid
9-2 Snapettes - Snap type - Black Enamel with Brass OME
9-2 Snapettes - Snap type - Black Enamel with Brass OME
9-2 Snapettes - Pin type - Bakelite
9-2 Snapettes - Pin type - Bakelite
9-2 Snapettes - Pin type - Bakelite with Brass OME
9-2 Snapettes - Pin type - Bakelite with Brass OME
9-2 Snapettes - Pin type - Bakelite with Brass Key
9-2 Snapettes - Pin type - Bakelite with Brass Key
9-2 Snapettes - Pin type - Bakelite
9-2 Snapettes - Pin type - Bakelite
9-2 Snapettes - Clamp type - Celluloid
9-2 Snapettes - Clamp type - Celluloid
9-2 Snapettes - Clamp type - White Metal with Paint DF - View 1
9-2 Snapettes - Clamp type - White Metal with Paint DF - View 1
9-2 Snapettes - Clamp type - White Metal with Paint DF - View 2
9-2 Snapettes - Clamp type - White Metal with Paint DF - View 2
9-2 Snapettes - J. Singer  Snapette Patent
9-2 Snapettes - J. Singer Snapette Patent
9-3 Unlisted - Tie Tack - Brass - US Navy Divers (7/8")
9-3 Unlisted - Tie Tack - Brass - US Navy Divers (7/8")
9-3 Unlisted - Tie Tack - Copper Indian Head Penny c.1903 (  3/4")
9-3 Unlisted - Tie Tack - Copper Indian Head Penny c.1903 ( 3/4")
9-3 Unlisted - Tie Tack - Yellow Metal with Paint DF - Alamo Verbal (5/8")
9-3 Unlisted - Tie Tack - Yellow Metal with Paint DF - Alamo Verbal (5/8")
9-3 Unlisted - Tie Tack - Brass with Paste OME (3/4")
9-3 Unlisted - Tie Tack - Brass with Paste OME (3/4")
9-3 Unlisted - Tie Tack - Glass in Metal (3/4")
9-3 Unlisted - Tie Tack - Glass in Metal (3/4")
9-3 Unlisted - Tie Tack - Ceramic in Metal (5/8")
9-3 Unlisted - Tie Tack - Ceramic in Metal (5/8")
9-3 Unlisted - Tie Tack - Brass with Paint DF (1")
9-3 Unlisted - Tie Tack - Brass with Paint DF (1")
9-3 Unlisted - Tie Tack - White Metal - Metropolitan - Dade County - Florida (7/8")
9-3 Unlisted - Tie Tack - White Metal - Metropolitan - Dade County - Florida (7/8")
9-3 Unlisted - Tie Tack - Design Under Glass on Butterfly Wing (3/4")
9-3 Unlisted - Tie Tack - Design Under Glass on Butterfly Wing (3/4")
9-3 Unlisted - Tie Tack - Brass
Realistic shape (7/8")
9-3 Unlisted - Tie Tack - Brass
Realistic shape (7/8")
9-3 Unlisted - Tie Tack - Black Glass
Precision Inlay (3/4")
9-3 Unlisted - Tie Tack - Black Glass
Precision Inlay (3/4")
9-3 Unlisted - Tie Tack - Glass in Metal (7/8")
9-3 Unlisted - Tie Tack - Glass in Metal (7/8")

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Acknowledgements: Thanks to those collaborators who made examples from their collections available for the images shown on these pages. They include Kevin Kinne, Adrienne Bennett, Jeffrey Lee, and Karen Farnsworth. Others who contributed reviews, comments and support included Pat Koehler, Barbara Barrans, Lisa Schulz, Lou Yeargain, and Pat Fields.

A special thanks to Joan Lindsay & Joy Journeay for their expert editing skills!


References:

(1) National Button Society Blue Book, Official NBS Classification and Competition Guidelines

(2) Bachelor Buttons - Paul Rice - National Button Bulletin, Vol. 69, No. 3, July 2010

(3) Snapettes - Lucille Weingarten and Herman Bangeman - National Button Bulletin, Vol. 65, No. 2, May 2006

(4) US Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Images, http://www.uspto.gov/. 2008