This pamphlet, The Fresh Water Pearl Button Rush of 1890, was published by the McKee Button Company. The pamphlet tells several stories related to the beginning of the pearl button industry in Muscatine, Iowa, including the stories of John Frederick Boepple and the McKee Button Company's button making process. Content can be used with the following standards: 2nd grade SS 2.24 Natural Resources, SS-W.H. 9-12.26 Iowans Influence World History and 4th grade SS 4.25 Technological Changes in a lesson on how the natural resources of Iowa led to businesses and new industries. Photographs of each of the pamphlet's pages are attached. For any use other than instructional resources, please check with the organization that owns this item regarding copyright restrictions.
2018.010.013 [Pamphlet]
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