LizzieMaine
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And let's not forget the feminine equivalent of screws-stored-in-baby-food-jars: the stacks of cake tins packed solid full of buttons clipped off worn-out clothes. Every American woman born between 1900 and 1925 was required to have at least one of these tins, and preferably five or six, neatly stacked in the hall closet. At least half the buttons in any tin had to be clipped from worn out men's shirts or long underwear.