James K. Polk Commemorative Token
date: label: date made
content: early 20th century
name: 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 various consumer goods including buttons, daguerreotype mats, and political tokens.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse: Bust of James K. Polk facing left. Legend: 11TH PRESIDENT, U.S.A./ 1845-1849/ JAMES K. POLK.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse: "YOUNG HICKORY"/ "FIRST DARK HORSE"/ GOVERNOR OF TENNESSEE SPEAKER OF HOUSE ANNEXED CALIFORNIA NEW MEXICO AND NORTH WEST TERRITORY A MAN OF ABILITY IDENTIFIED WITH SLAVE INTERESTS.
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: 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: 1981.0296.1280
label: accession number
content: 1981.0296
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0296.1280
objectType: label: Object Name
content: medal, political
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.5 cm; in