Benjamin Harrison Campaign Medal
date: label: date made
content: ca 1892
label: patent date
content: PAT'D DEC. 1. 1891
name: label: depicted
content: Harrison, Benjamin
label: depicted
content: Reid, Whitelaw
label: maker
content: Scovill Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This presidential campaign medal was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1892. 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 campaign medals.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse: Image of White House with forward facing busts of Benjamin Harrison and Levi Morton above it. Legend: REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEES 1892.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse: Image of Christopher Columbus landing in America, set inside a globe. Legend: LANDING OF COLUMBUS IN AMERICA OCTOBER 12th 1492./PAT’D DEC. 1. 1891.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Waterbury
topic: label: related event
content: Presidential Campaign of 1892
label: related event
content: Columbus "Discovering " America
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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: 1981.0296.1245
label: accession number
content: 1981.0296
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0296.1245
objectType: label: Object Name
content: medal, political
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: white metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4.4 cm; 1 3/4 in