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A buttonhook is a tool used to facilitate the closing of buttoned shoes, gloves or other clothing. It consists of a hook fixed to a handle which may be simple or decorative as part of a dresser set or chatelaine. Sometimes they were given away as promotions with product advertising on the handle. To use, the hook end is inserted through the buttonhole to capture the button by the shank and draw it through the opening.^[1]^: 7

Buttonhooks have other uses as well. At Ellis Island, screeners known as "buttonhook men" used buttonhooks to turn immigrants' eyelids inside out to look for signs of trachoma.^[2]^{[better source needed]}

Buttonhooks on display at Bedford Museum & Art Gallery

With handles of horn and wood
With handles of silver
Trench art buttonhooks
Pocket knives with buttonhooks
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References

^ Johnson, Eleanor (1980). Fashion Accessories. UK: Shire Publications. ISBN 0-85263-530-3.
^ "Ellis Island". 13 February 2023.
^ Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office. United States. Patent Office. 1910.

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[fashion_accessories-1] Johnson, Eleanor (1980). Fashion Accessories. UK: Shire Publications. ISBN 0-85263-530-3.

[2] "Ellis Island". 13 February 2023.

[3] Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office. United States. Patent Office. 1910.

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+{{Short description|Clothing tool}}
 {{About|the clothing tool|the American football run pattern "Button hook"|Curl (route)}}
-{{One source|date=June 2010}}
+{{more references|date=December 2021}}
 [[Image:Button hook from Ziefle & Nissle, Fine Shoes, Ann Arbor, Michigan..jpg|thumb|Early 20th-century buttonhook advertising a shoe shop in Michigan]]
-[[File:Damkänga från 1899 med kängknäppare - Nordiska Museet - NMA.0034994.jpg|thumb|A buttonhook in use on a c.1900 boot]]
+[[File:Damkänga från 1899 med kängknäppare - Nordiska Museet - NMA.0034994.jpg|thumb|A buttonhook in use on a {{circa|1900}} boot]]
-A '''buttonhook''' is a [[tool]] used to facilitate the closing of [[button]]ed [[shoe]]s, [[glove]]s or other clothing. It consists of a hook fixed to a handle which may be simple or decorative as part of a dresser set or [[Chatelaine (chain)|chatelaine]]. Sometimes they were given away as promotions with product [[advertising]] on the handle. To use, the hook end is inserted through the buttonhole to capture the button by the shank and draw it through the opening.<ref>Johnson, Eleanor. ''Fashion Accessories''. U.K.:Shire Publications, 1980, p.7, {{ISBN|0-85263-530-3}}</ref>
+A '''buttonhook''' is a [[tool]] used to facilitate the closing of [[button]]ed [[shoe]]s, [[glove]]s or other clothing. It consists of a hook fixed to a handle which may be simple or decorative as part of a dresser set or [[Chatelaine (chain)|chatelaine]]. Sometimes they were given away as promotions with product [[advertising]] on the handle. To use, the hook end is inserted through the buttonhole to capture the button by the shank and draw it through the opening.<ref name="fashion accessories">{{cite book |last=Johnson |first=Eleanor |title=Fashion Accessories |location=UK |publisher=Shire Publications |date=1980 |isbn=0-85263-530-3}}</ref>{{rp|7}}
+Buttonhooks have other uses as well. At [[Ellis Island]], screeners known as "buttonhook men" used buttonhooks to turn immigrants' eyelids inside out to look for signs of [[trachoma]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.history.com/topics/ellis-island|title = Ellis Island| date=13 February 2023 }}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=February 2023}}
-== History ==
-Although the buttonhook may have been known earlier, it is ascribed to [[Elias Howe]], who [[patent]]ed the idea back in [[1851]], but never commercialised it. [[Whitcomb L. Judson|Whitcomb Judson]], over 40 year later took a similar idea to the market. His [[patent]] was called "Clasp Locker" and was originally for shoes. As the hooks could be made of various materials, they quickly spread among all social classes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thebuttonhooksociety.com/introduction.php|title=The Buttonhook Society|access-date=19 September 2016}}</ref>
-==Buttonhooks on display in [[Bedford Museum & Art Gallery|Bedford Museum]]==
+==Buttonhooks on display at Bedford Museum & Art Gallery==
 <gallery>
-File:HornWoodButtonhooks.JPG|<center>With handles of horn and wood</center>
+File:HornWoodButtonhooks.JPG|{{center|With handles of horn and wood}}
-File:SilverHandledButtonhooks.JPG|<center>With handles of silver</center>
+File:SilverHandledButtonhooks.JPG|{{center|With handles of silver}}
-File:TrenchArtButtonhooks.JPG|<center>[[Trench art]] buttonhooks</center>
+File:TrenchArtButtonhooks.JPG|{{center|[[Trench art]] buttonhooks}}
-File:PocketKnifeButtonHooks.JPG|<center>Pocket knives with buttonhooks</center>
+File:PocketKnifeButtonHooks.JPG|{{center|Pocket knives with buttonhooks}}<ref>{{cite book |title=Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office |date=1910 |publisher=United States. Patent Office}}</ref>
 </gallery>
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 ==External links==
-*[http://www.silverdalebuttonhooks.co.uk/index.htm Silverdale Buttonhooks]
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140831075441/http://silverdalebuttonhooks.co.uk/index.htm Silverdale Buttonhooks]
 *[https://web.archive.org/web/20130515035818/http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/leisure/buxton_museum/temporary_exhibitions/the_buttonhook_society/default.asp 2013 Exhibition of Buttonhooks, Buxton Museum & Art Gallery, Buxton, Derbyshire, U.K.]