Painted porcelain buttons from the excavation of a privy at 1304 Howard Street
This file appears in: Archaeology of the Melpomene Neighborhood at the Turn of the Twentieth Century: Excavation of a Privy at 1304 Howard/LaSalle
The frequency and variety of buttons on some types of historical archaeological sites is often related to women’s home employments as laundresses, milliners, and seamstresses. These occupations could financially sustain individuals and families. In this case, the painted porcelain buttons pictured here were likely from outerware garments like coats and dresses.
This file appears in: Archaeology of the Melpomene Neighborhood at the Turn of the Twentieth Century: Excavation of a Privy at 1304 Howard/LaSalle
Archaeology of the Melpomene Neighborhood at the Turn of the Twentieth Century: Excavation of a Privy at 1304 Howard/LaSalle
In the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, many of the people who lived in the Melpomene neighborhood of Central City rented their residences with some addresses seeing rapid turnover. …