Henry Clay Button
date: label: date made
content: ca 1845
name: label: depicted
content: Clay, Henry
label: maker
content: Scovill Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This presidential campaign badge was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1845. The Scovill Company was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer that 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 campaign medals.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse: Profile image of Henry Clay facing left. The legend reads: HENRY CLAY 1845.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse: Illegible manufacturer’s stamp.
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: 1981.0296.1201
label: accession number
content: 1981.0296
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0296.1201
objectType: label: Object Name
content: medal, political
label: Object Name
content: button
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.3 cm; 7/8 in