The Waterbury Button Company – A Division of OGS ...
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About Us - The Waterbury Button Company
Over 200 Years of History. Founded in wartime in the early 19th century, The Waterbury Button Company has been making stamped metal buttons for over 200 years. We have amassed approximately 40,000 different button dies, each a work of art. At times, innovative owners, responding to breakthroughs in materials technology, steered the company into ...…
Waterbury Button Museum Mattatuck Museum
The Button Museum was originally assembled more than 60 years ago by Warren F. Kaynor for The Waterbury Button Company. It was created with buttons rich not only in the history of Waterbury and Connecticut but of the world.…
Unbuttoning the history of the Waterbury Collection ...
May 29, 2013 · The story of the Waterbury Button Company captures a rich piece of American manufacturing history. The United States found itself in dire need of uniform buttons (zippers weren't invented yet) when it went to war with England in 1812.…
Waterbury Button Co. Fastened to American History ...
Nov 03, 2013 · When the War of 1812 halted the supply of military uniform buttons from England, Aaron Benedict founded the Waterbury Button Co. in Waterbury, Connecticut. Billions of buttons later, the company continues to fashionably fasten the clothing of the U.S. armed forces—and others.Author: Marti Attoun…
Waterbury Connecticut History a CTHumanities Project
Waterbury, in New Haven County, is located in west-central Connecticut on the Naugatuck River. It was settled in 1674 as a part of Farmington (in what is now known as the Town Plot area), and was originally called Mattituck Plantation. Incorporated as a town in 1686 and a city in 1853, Waterbury is named for its abundant waterways.…
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aaron benedict : 1812-1823: a. benedict & co. 1823-1829: benedict & coe : 1829-1834: benedict & burnham: 1834-1843: benedict & burnham mfg co. 1843-1849: waterbury ...…
135. Waterbury Button Museum - ctmq.org
The Button Museum was originally assembled more than 50 years ago by the man who was then president of the Waterbury Button Company, Warren F. Kaynor. It was created with buttons rich not only in the history of Waterbury and Connecticut but of the world. At the Mattatuck Museum 10,000 buttons are on display, and that’s not the entire collection.…
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The Waterbury Button Company - 1855 Peck Ln, Cheshire, Connecticut 06410 - Rated 4.7 based on 5 Reviews "Beautiful, high quality product at a reasonable...4.7/5(5)…
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Waterbury Button Co began producing buttons under its own name in 1849 and is the only Civil War button producer operating today. WBC did not produce any buttons for any of the southern states before the war or for the Confederacy, but they did produce large quantities for the north.…