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Further afield

Links

A few starting points for research, kindred resources and places that touch on buttonhooks.

Museums & collections

  • Bata Shoe Museum, Toronto

    Permanent display tracing the development of footwear, with buttonhooks held in the collection and shown alongside Victorian-era displays.

Reference & research

  • Oregon Knife Club — celluloid notes

    Detailed information on celluloid in knife handles, directly relevant to celluloid buttonhook handles and their care.

  • Trench art resources

    Background on objects made by soldiers and civilians from the materials of war, including the trench-art buttonhook.

Have a link to suggest, or know the current address for one of the above? Let us know.