Theodore Roosevelt Commemorative Token
date: label: date made
content: early 20th century
name: label: depicted
content: Roosevelt, Theodore
label: maker
content: Scovill Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This token was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut during the early 20th century. Scovill 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.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse: Bust of Theodore Roosevelt facing left. Legend: 26TH PRESIDENT, U.S.A./1901-1909/ THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse: "TEDDY"/ "SPEAK SOFTLY AND CARRY A BIG STICK"/ COLONEL OF THE ROUGH RIDERS IN WAR WITH SPAIN GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK VICE PRESIDENT. BECAME PRESIDENT UPON DEATH OF MCKINLEY BUILT PANAMA CANAL. THE TRUST BUSTER.
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: 1981.0296.1292
label: accession number
content: 1981.0296
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0296.1292
objectType: label: Object Name
content: medal, political
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.5 cm; in