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phintar

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Any info would be great... Is it rare? common? worth anything? Let me know anything you may know... Thanks
 
This trio of buttons(pictured below) are called ' Work clothes or overall buttons' by collectors. The Big Book of Buttons devotes pgs 681-686 to these utilitarian but very collectible buttons. The railroad companies are well represented in this area with their pictorials and verbal overall buttons. This trio of 3 different trains are brass faced with tin backs and wobble shanks. The buttons were widely used from 1900-1935.
http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachments/what/445437d1332379718-train-button-bird-head-button-train-buttons.jpg
SOURCE: http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-brass-trains-overall-buttons
Other ID's:
http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/what/119353-train-button.html
http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/what/190714-buttons-something-else.html
http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/what/193032-train-button-bird-head-button.html
 
It makes you appreciate manufacturings attention to detail given during the early 1900's. Great find.
 
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