B.N.&L. Button & Rivets

[lzrdgal]

B.N.&L. Button & Rivets

First time poster here. I am really enjoying the forum. So many wonderful finds and helpful folks.

Below are some photos of a button and some rivets found at a Southern California desert mine site used from roughly the 1890s to 1920s. The button says B.N.&L. L.A. with two stars. The rivets also say B.N.&L. I can't find anything on B.N.&L. on the net. Anyone have a clue what this might stand for? Sorry about the pic quality of the button. The desert sun can be a little too bright sometimes.

Thanks!

 

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[BuckleBoy]

Re: B.N.&L. Button & Rivets

I have a hunch these are railroad related.

 

[DCMatt]

Re: B.N.&L. Button & Rivets

I found one reference to these buttons in Google books. In a book titled something like "The historical archeology of dam construction camps in Arizona" (1994) they site an unidentified overall button marked B. N. & L. LA. Apparently, they couldn't figure it out either...

But it tells us that it is from work clothing of the era.

DCMatt

 

[lzrdgal]

Re: B.N.&L. Button & Rivets

Thanks, BuckleBoy and DCMatt!!

 

[Bramblefind]

Re: B.N.&L. Button & Rivets

Bumping this old topic b/c I think I found the match -

Brownstein, Newmark & Louis, Los Angeles

1908 ad

 

[kuger]

Re: B.N.&L. Button & Rivets

WOW!!I bet thats it.I was thinking clothing/overalls when I first seen the hardwear.Great I.D!!!

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Re: B.N.&L. Button & Rivets

Good research Bramblefind.

Heres a cool pictorial of old work clothes buttons. http://www.vintagebuttons.net/work.html