AJ Tower Co Boston- Button

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19Feb12- Pacific Beach 3:00pm found an AJ Tower Co Boston, button. I'm stoked.

 

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I found this on another forum during my search it had a pic that matched my find. If anyone has anything to add, I'd be way appreciative.

"I did a Google-search for "A.J. Tower Co." ...and found several sites which date that company to doing business in Boston between 1904 and the 1930s (and perhaps later). The A.J. Tower Co. was a maker of coats, particularly of heavy raincoats/rainslickers, such as the US Navy used ...but it did not manufacture the metal buttons for those coats.

Backmarks that are written in "incised" (not raised) marking showing "plain" block letters (the shape of the letters on a Lincoln penny's front) are almost always from the early 20th-century or later, though a few are from the 1880s/90s."

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"I have 2 A.J. Tower Co. slickers: one is a 51 Pommel slicker and the other is a Y121 Reflex slicker (they both have the exact button you have pictured). My research has the company in business from the 1870's to at least 1946, when the company was involoved in a Supreme Court case. It is the maker of the old "Fish Brand " slicker the Texas cow boys had with them on the cattle drives. There are several reenactors supply websites that carry a fairly accurate reproduction of these slickers. If I can figure out how to attach photos, I can send some pictures of the slickers. Hope this helps.
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That is an A.J. Tower button

I found the same button in the mountains of Central New Mexico yesterday. I located with my Garret detector a couple feet from an old vertical mineshaft which is covered by old logs. The mine appears to have not been touched in well over 50yrs. The shaft appear to be 20-25ft deep, wood pillard walls and appears to have a horizontal shaft at the bottom. Soon enough we will be repelling down to investigate what we've located.
Thank you for the info guys! Great find!