Seasoned Citizens Presents Memories Of Yesterday S Pearl Butt Hosted by hallie schenkel and walter jensonseasoned citizens presents started programs back in 1984 in conjunction with the commission on aging. roughly 115. Muscatine’s pearl button industry hit its peak between 1908 and the ’20s, when factories in the iowa town produced 1.5 billion buttons, or one third of the world’s pearl button supply. these.
The Pearl Button Industry The Gazette At the turn of the 20th century, 1.5 billion pearl buttons were produced annually in muscatine, the undisputed pearl button capital of the world. “pearl” buttons drilled, cut, and carved from freshwater mussels. at some point late on a sunday afternoon, i stumbled into the muscatine history and industry center. In the early 1900s, muscatine, iowa was known as “the pearl button capital of the world,” manufacturing more than 1.5 billion mother of pearl buttons annually, and 3 8ths of all pearl buttons sold in the world. drawn from the natural bounty of mussels in the mighty mississippi, nearly everyone in town was employed by the luxury pearl button industry in one form or another. A german immigrant button maker, john f. boepple founded an industry that turned the small town of muscatine, iowa, into the "pearl button capital of the world." at its peak, the pearl button industry employed half of the workforce in the muscatine area, where 1.5 billion buttons–nearly 37 percent of the world's buttons—were produced annually. In the early 1900s, muscatine, iowa was known as “the pearl button capital of the world,” manufacturing more than 1.5 billion mother of pearl buttons annually, and 3 8ths of all pearl buttons sold in the world. drawn from the natural bounty of mussels in the mighty mississippi, nearly everyone in town was employed by the luxury pearl button industry in one form or another.
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