Taft and Sherman Presidential Luggage Tag
date: label: date made
content: ca 1908
name: label: referenced
content: Taft, William H.
label: referenced
content: Sherman, James Schoolcraft
label: maker
content: Scovill Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: The Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut produced this luggage tag around 1908. 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 square-shaped luggage tag with the inscription: TAFT/1908/SHERMAN. William Taft and James Sherman were elected President and Vice President in 1908.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Waterbury
topic: label: related event
content: Presidential Campaign of 1908
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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: 1981.0296.1592
label: accession number
content: 1981.0296
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0296.1592
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tag, luggage
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3.6 cm x 3.7 cm; 1 7/16 in x 1 7/16 in