Unsure what button is

[Collers9640]

Need help ID’ing this button
Backmark is Ridabock & Co NY

[fyrffytr1]

I haven't identified the front yet but Ridabock & C0, was in business from 1883-1975. Please post a picture of the back. The letters on the front are, in my opinion, I C.

[fyrffytr1]

Here is one similar to yours on the Waterbury web site, but it doesn't give any information other than it being a career uniform button.

https://waterburybutton.com/product/i-c-entangled-2/

[fyrffytr1]

And, here is another that is not like yours but is identified as an Illinois Central Railroad button. Maybe yours is a fancy version of an Illinois Central button.

https://waterburybutton.com/product/i-c-2/

[TheCannonballGuy]

This button is shown in the Albert book as button SU-76... a Schools & Universities uniform button... specifically, from The Columbian Institute.

[BuckleBoy]

Cannonball guy is on FIRE tonight!

[Collers9640]

thanks for your help
Does Alberts give a date for the button

[TheCannonballGuy]

Well... actually BuckleBoy, a lot of my mid-1800s-to-early-1900s "entangled letters" button identifications come from knowing that many are Schools-&-Universities buttons, or "local" (city or county) Militia buttons. Therefore, when a final letter of 2 or 3 letters is:
A is often for Academy
C it is often for College
I is often for Institute
S is often for School
U is often for University
G is often for Guard or Guards
SS is often Steam Ship
L is often Line (or Lines) such as Cunard Lines
and of course R (or RR) is often for Railway or Railroad.


Also, if you see a C, look for a smaller letter O -- which with the C forms the abbreviation for Company. Check the image below, which is what the Waterbury Button Company catalog calls a "Career Uniform" button... for the Union Traction Company.

[TheCannonballGuy]

Collers9640 wrote:
> Thanks for your help.
> Does Alberts give a date for the button?

You're welcome.
No, Mr. Albert did not give a time-period for the Columbian Institute button... but the lettering-style (which some people now call a "font" style) was very popular in the 1880s-1890s. That matches up with the early part of the Ridabock & Company firm's timeline of existence.