John D. Robbins Advertising Token
date: label: date made
content: mid 19th century
name: label: depicted
content: Washington, George
label: maker
content: Scovill Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This advertising badge was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut during the middle of the 19th century. 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, coins, and campaign medals. John Robbins was using the imagery and iconography of George Washington to advertise his store.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse: Tintype photograph of George Washington.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse: Text reads: JOHN D. ROBBINS, TOYS, Fancy Goods, and FIREWORKS, 37 John Street, N.Y.
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: Advertising
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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: 1981.0296.1173
label: accession number
content: 1981.0296
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0296.1173
objectType: label: Object Name
content: medal, political
label: Object Name
content: token
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: tintype (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.5 cm; in