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Table 51. Production of Maj^ine Pearl-Shell Buttons, 

 United States and Alaska, 1948.^ 



State 



New York 



New Jersey 



Connecticut 



Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Iowa 



Total 



Gross 



1,358,712 

 1,333,384 

 1,055,467 

 1,226,510 



4,974,073 



Value 



$2,248,887 

 2,198,112 

 1,914,499 

 2,225,513 



8,587,011 



^ Produced principally from imported shells. 



Note: Marine pearl-shell buttons were manufactured in 4 plants in New York, 12 in 

 New Jersey, 3 in Connecticut, 2 in Pennsylvania, 1 in Maryland, and 2 in Iowa. 

 Source: Anon., U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (1949e). 



Source: U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics and U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

 (Sherr, Power, and Kahn, 1948 and 1949). 



