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Copper Alloy Brooks Brothers Button

(1850)

122743_200.02_A
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Archaeological Details

Brooks Brothers copper-alloy botton. The face is stamped with "Brooks Bros." with traces of black enamel. The stamp "Brooks Bros." was used after 1851 to the  present. 

(FS 200.02)

 

  • Object number

    200.02

  • Date made

    1850

  • Dimensions

    Weight 1.8 gr

  • Decoration

    Painted

  • Color

    Black

  • Category

    Personal

  • Class

    Metal

  • Material

    Copper Alloy

  • Forms

    Complete

  • Techniques

    Stamped

Excavation Site

City Hall Park

Manhattan, City Hall Park, South of Chambers Street and East of Broadway between City Hall and Tweed Court House

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Part of Project

    • City Hall Park, New York, NY (2010)

      2010

      Excavations at New York's City Hall Park in 2011 produced artifacts and features from the 18th through 20th centuries. Many of these come from the Revolutionary War period when the park was the site of British barracks, an almshouse ...

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    • Excavations on the north side of City Hall