World's Columbian Exposition Commemorative Medal
date: label: date made
content: ca 1893
name: label: maker
content: Scovill Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This commemorative medal was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1893. 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 commemorative medals.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse: Image of John Trumbull’s Declaration of Independence signing on the upper half, an eagle perched on a shield flanked by busts of Columbus and George Washington on the lower half. The legend reads: SIGNING OF DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE/ JULY 4th 1776/ WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION/ 1892 1893/ COLUMBUS/ WASHINGTON/ CHICAGO
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse: Image of Columbus discovering America and planting a cross on the upper half of the coin, and an image of the Pilgrims landing on the bottom half. The legend reads: DISCOVERY OF AMERICA/ OCTOBER 1493/ DEC 1620/ LANDING OF THE PILGRIMS.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Waterbury
topic: label: related event
content: World's Columbian Exposition
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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: 1981.0296.1607
label: accession number
content: 1981.0296
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0296.1607
objectType: label: Object Name
content: medal
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: bronze (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5.9 cm; 2 5/16 in