Stephen A. Douglas Campaign Medal
date: label: date made
content: ca 1860
name: label: depicted
content: Douglas, Stephen A.
label: maker
content: Scovill Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This presidential campaign medal was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1860. 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 campaign medals. This medal reads “Merriam,” for mid-19th century Boston die caster Joseph H. Merriam.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse: Bust of Stephen A. Douglas facing left. Legend reads: STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS/ BORN APRIL 23, 1813.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse: Two laurel branches with bow at bottom. Legend reads: DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE/ UNION AND EQUALITY 1860.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Waterbury
topic: label: related event
content: Presidential Campaign of 1860
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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: 1981.0296.1118
label: accession number
content: 1981.0296
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0296.1118
objectType: label: Object Name
content: medal, political
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: white metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.8 cm; 1 1/8 in