Their collection now exceeds 2,000 — including dozens from Springfield shoe shops and sub-collections fashioned by Nevada prisoners and trench soldiers of World War I. But Dick and Vicki Matthies ...

What: I collect button hooks. Hooks were used to button shoes, spats, men’s collars and ladies’ long gloves. (Spats were fabric or leather covers that went over the top of the shoe and ankle.) They ...

Did you ever wonder how Button Bay got its name? A quick check of a Lake Champlain nautical chart reveals that the Ferrisburgh inlet looks nothing like a button, or even a buttonhole. And, though it’s ...