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VTG 1939 World's Fair Original 6 Novelty Buildings Green Plastic Sewing Buttons

$ 20.52

Availability: 28 in stock
  • Signed: No
  • Theme: World’s Fairs
  • World Fair: 1939-40 New York
  • Year: 1939
  • Condition: Never used but they originally came on a card
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

    Description

    Vintage 1939 World's Fair "World of Tomorrow" Original 6 Novelty Buildings
    These Green Plastic Sewing Buttons were originally sold on a cardboard card as a souvenir
    The green plastic button of the Trylon and Perisphere is one of a set of 6 buttons shaped like buildings at the fair..
    Plastic used was commonly used for sewing buttons at the time, called 'acetate', and there is a shank on the back of each one for sewing onto clothes.
    Highly desirable collectible worlds fair item