From note on back of photograph: "Brass mold for casting pewter buttons. U.S.A. is engraved on the bottom surface of each cavity and was reproduced on each button. The two handles of wood originally fitted on each tang are missing. Courtesy Don Berkbile
Note on back of photo: Some important buttons connected with the early history of the United States. The top left button is known as an Inaugural button on which is placed the initials of the president. Around the edge is a chain of links, each one containing the initials of one of the thirteen colonies. The other examples are of the eighteenth century and are obviously connected with the President or the nation. Courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Landis
Photographs from the estate of Henry Kauffman. No reproduction of this photograph is permitted without written persmission from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Application form furnished on request.
