Schuttler Wagon Advertising Token
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Object Details
- Scovill Manufacturing Company
- Description (Brief)
- The Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut produced this advertising token during the second half of the 19th century. The Scovill Company 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, medals, coins, and tokens.
- Obverse: Image of a wagon. Legend: C.H. DODD & CO. PORTLAND OR./DEALERS IN AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS/ AGT. FOR THE SCHUTTLER WAGON.
- Reverse: Image of a factory. Legend: THE PIONEER WAGON WORKS OF THE WEST/ ESTABLISHED 1843/ PETER SCHUTTLER CHICAGO.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Scovill, Inc.
- late 19th century
- ID Number
- 1981.0296.1635
- accession number
- 1981.0296
- catalog number
- 1981.0296.1635
- Object Name
- token
- Physical Description
- brass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3.25 cm; 1 1/4 in
- place made
- United States: Connecticut, Waterbury
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- Work and Industry: Production and Manufacturing
- Advertising
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Scovill Manufacturing Collection
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1382667
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-1061-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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