These large wood buttons are displayed on one of 100 panels in Mary Brunken’s button collection at the Phillips County Museum. — The Holyoke Enterprise | Johnson Publications
Mary Brunken is interviewed by the Enterprise in 1989, the year before she donated her collection of over 12,000 buttons in 12 custom books to the Phillips County Museum.
Mariann Landes shows off two steamer trunks full of interesting buttons, as well as two button collecting books, which were all passed down from her great-aunt. — The Holyoke Enterprise | Johnson Publications
Out of all the buttons in her collection, this skull is a favorite of Mariann Landes’. — The Holyoke Enterprise | Johnson Publications
Button, button, who’s got the button?
Editor’s Note: This is part of a series about local residents and their unique collections.
