James K. Polk Commemorative Token
date: label: date made
content: mid 20th century
name: label: depicted
content: Polk, James K.
label: maker
content: Scovill Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This commemorative token was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut during the mid-20th 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, and campaign medals.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse: Bust of James K. Polk facing left. Legend: 11th PRESIDENT, U.S.A./1845-1849/JAMES K. POLK.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse: Legend reads: "YOUNG HICKORY"/GOVERNOR OF TENNESSEE/SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE/ANNEXED CALIFORNIA NEW MEXICO AND NORTHWEST TERRITORY/ A MAN OF ABILITY/ IDENTIFIED WITH SLAVE INTERESTS/ "FIRST DARK HORSE."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Waterbury
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content: Work and Industry: Production and Manufacturing
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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content: Scovill Manufacturing Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Scovill, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0296.1645
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0296.1645
label: accession number
content: 1981.0296
objectType: label: Object Name
content: medal, political
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.6 cm; 1 in