Presidential Memorial Medal
date: label: date made
content: ca 1840
name: label: depicted
content: Washington, George
label: depicted
content: Adams, John
label: depicted
content: Jefferson, Thomas
label: depicted
content: Madison, James
label: depicted
content: Monroe, James
label: depicted
content: Adams, John Quincy
label: depicted
content: Jackson, Andrew
label: depicted
content: Van Buren, Martin
label: maker
content: Scovill Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This memorial medal was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut during the 1840s. 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 commemorative medals.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse: Bust portraits of Presidents, with labels: GEORGE WASHINGTON/ JOHN ADAMS/ THOMAS JEFFERSON/ JAMES MADISON/ JAMES MONROE/ JOHN QUINCY ADAMS/ ANDREW JACKSON/ MARTIN VAN BUREN.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse: Two branches wreath rim. The central legend reads: FIRST PRESIDENT/ GEORGE WASHINGTON./ SECOND/ JOHN ADAMS./ THIRD/ THOMAS JEFFERSON./ FOURTH/ JAMES MADISON./ FIFTH/ JAMES MONROE./ SIXTH/ JOHN QUINCY ADAMS./ SEVENTH/ ANDREW JACKSONS./ EIGHTH/ MARTIN VAN BUREN.
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: Government, Politics, and Reform
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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: 1981.0296.1240
label: accession number
content: 1981.0296
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0296.1240
objectType: label: Object Name
content: medal, political
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: white metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4.6 cm; 1 13/16 in