Roosevelt and Fairbanks Campaign Luggage Tag
date: label: date made
content: ca 1904
name: label: referenced
content: Roosevelt, Theodore
label: referenced
content: Fairbanks, Charles Warren
label: maker
content: Scovill Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: The Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut produced this luggage tag around 1904. 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 including buttons, daguerreotype mats, medals, coins, and tokens.
label: Description (Brief)
content: This Presidential campaign novelty is a shield-shaped luggage tag that bears the inscription “ROOSEVELT AND FAIRBANKS” with the number “301” inscribed underneath. Theodore Roosevelt and Charles Fairbanks were elected President and Vice President in 1904.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Waterbury
topic: label: related event
content: Presidential Campaign of 1904
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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: 1981.0296.1234
label: accession number
content: 1981.0296
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0296.1234
label: serial number
content: 301
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tag, luggage
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4.6 cm x 4.3 cm; 1 13/16 in x 1 11/16 in