Object Details
- depicted
- Johnson, Andrew
- Scovill Manufacturing Company
- Description (Brief)
- This token was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut during the early 20th century. Scovill was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer and is still in business today. Scovill was an early industrial American innovator, adapting armory manufacturing processes to mass-produce a variety of consumer goods including buttons, daguerreotype mats, and political tokens.
- Obverse: Bust of Andrew Johnson facing right. Legend: 17TH PRESIDENT, U.S.A./ 1865-1869/ ANDREW JOHNSON.
- Reverse: "SIR VETO"/ "THE TAILOR PRESIDENT"/ WAS TAUGHT TO READ AND WRITE BY HIS WIFE GOVERNOR OF TENNESSEE UNITED STATES SENATOR VICE PRESIDENT BECAME PRESIDENT UPON DEATH OF LINCOLN.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Scovill, Inc.
- early 20th century
- ID Number
- 1981.0296.1277
- accession number
- 1981.0296
- catalog number
- 1981.0296.1277
- Object Name
- medal, political
- Physical Description
- brass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2.5 cm; in
- place made
- United States: Connecticut, Waterbury
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Production and Manufacturing
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Scovill Manufacturing Collection
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1382271
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-073f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
