How to engage the slide show:

click on the first image on the left of the gallery below, then select the arrow at the bottom left of the enlarged image. Or you can manually go to the next slide by hovering your cursor on the middle right side then clicking the arrow that appears. Hover your cursor on the middle left side  then click the arrow that appears to go backwards. Close the slide show or manual show by clicking the X button on the lower right of the image. (The image of each button is followed by an image of that button's back or reverse side.)

Acknowledgments, References and information for this category are at the bottom of this page.

Click links to download and a print pdf of the history and information about Button Covers and Shoe Button Covers.

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

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Acknowledgements: Thanks to Adrienne Bennett, Barbara Weeks, Betsy Ciffone, Clare Hatten, Lou Yeargain, William Hentges and Karen Farnsworth who provided images and support and made their collections available for the images shown on these pages. Others who provided support and comments include Margaret and Willie Tolbert, Vicky Mayhall,  Joyce McGrath, Ann Guba and Pat Fields.  A special thanks to Joan Lindsay & Joy Journeay for their expert editing skills!

Button Covers References:

(1) US Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Images. 2008

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

Shoe Button Covers References:

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

(2) Clare Hatten - Shoe Button Covers - National Button Bulletin, February 2005

(3) US Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Images. 2008