"Vegetable Ivory" Seen as Wartime Source of Material for Buttons

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Because of a shortage in materials from which buttons are usually made, including plastics, the United States Army has ordered 2,592,000 “vegetable ivory” buttons, made from tagua nuts produced in Ecuador. Tests of the tagua nut buttons proved the hard material withstands pressure and heat without cracking and remains color-fast after numerous washings and long exposure to intense artificial sunlight. They may be used on all soldiers’ garments except where metal buttons are required.

Title (Dublin Core): "Vegetable Ivory" Seen as Wartime Source of Material for Buttons
Subject (Dublin Core): en Technology; en Personal protection (armors)
Article Title and/or Image Caption (Dublin Core): "Vegetable Ivory" Seen as Wartime Source of Material for Buttons
Language (Dublin Core): Eng
Temporal Coverage (Dublin Core): [–][+]World War II
Date Issued (Dublin Core): 1942-04
Is Part Of (Dublin Core): Popular Mechanics, vol. 77, n. 4, 1942
pages (Bibliographic Ontology): 5
Rights (Dublin Core): Public domain
Source (Dublin Core): Google books
References (Dublin Core): [–][+]United States Army; [–][+]Ecuador
Archived by (Dublin Core): Enrico Saonara

Item sets: Wars of Wonders; full text

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