City of New Orleans Button

ID: 6194 ~ Source: University of New Orleans Department of Anthropology and Sociology ~ Date: 2020

This file appears in: The Puckett Household: 1930s Archaeology of the Melpomene Neighborhood

This small piece of brass embossed with “City of New Orleans” and the city’s seal, is likely a composite button front. It may be from a button lost from a city uniform, or it may be related to Minnie’s work as a vendor.

This file appears in: The Puckett Household: 1930s Archaeology of the Melpomene Neighborhood

The Puckett Household: 1930s Archaeology of the Melpomene Neighborhood

By D. Ryan Gray, edited by Kathryn A. O’Dwyer & Lauren Smith

In 2013, archaeological consulting firm Earth Search, Inc., excavated a block of the Melpomene neighborhood originally bounded by South Liberty, Erato, Clio, and Howard/LaSalle Streets. Earth Search identified brick foundations and artifacts from a…