Government, Politics, and Reform

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George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Abraham Lincoln are all represented in the Museum's collections—by a surveying compass, a lap desk, and a top hat, among other artifacts. But the roughly 100,000 objects in this collection reach beyond the possessions of statesmen to touch the broader political life of the nation—in election campaigns, the women's suffrage movement, labor activity, civil rights, and many other areas. Campaign objects make up much of the collection, including posters, novelties, ballots, voting machines, and many others. A second group includes general political history artifacts, such as first ladies' clothing and accessories, diplomatic materials, ceremonial objects, national symbols, and paintings and sculptures of political figures. The third main area focuses on artifacts related to political reform movements, from labor unions to antiwar groups.

Place: United States

Franklin Roosevelt Campaign Medal

This presidential campaign medal was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1932. The Scovill Company was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer that is still in business today.
Description (Brief)
This presidential campaign medal was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1932. 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.
Obverse: Profiles of Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner, with the legend: A NEW DAY A NEW DEAL/FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT/JOHN N. GARNER.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1932
depicted
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
Garner, John N.
maker
Scovill Manufacturing Company
ID Number
1981.0296.1152
accession number
1981.0296
catalog number
1981.0296.1152

Ulysses S. Grant Campaign Medal

This presidential campaign medal was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1872. The Scovill Company was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer that is still in business today.
Description (Brief)
This presidential campaign medal was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1872. 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. The medal is holed at the top so it could be worn.
Obverse: Bust of Ulysses S. Grant facing right. Legend: FOR PRESIDENT, U.S. GRANT.
Reverse: Spread-winged eagle with shield, clutching a laurel branch and three arrows in its talons. Legend: FOR VICE PRESIDENT H. WILSON 1872.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1872
depicted
Grant, Ulysses S.
referenced
Wilson, Henry
maker
Scovill Manufacturing Company
ID Number
1981.0296.1156
accession number
1981.0296
catalog number
1981.0296.1156

Benjamin Harrison Campaign Medal

This presidential campaign medal was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1892. The Scovill Company was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer and is still in business today.
Description (Brief)
This presidential campaign medal was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1892. The Scovill Company 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 campaign medals.
Obverse: Image of White House with forward facing busts of Benjamin Harrison and Levi Morton above it. Legend: REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEES 1892.
Reverse: Image of Christopher Columbus landing in America, set inside a globe. Legend: LANDING OF COLUMBUS IN AMERICA OCTOBER 12th 1492./PAT’D DEC. 1. 1891.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1892
patent date
PAT'D DEC. 1. 1891
depicted
Harrison, Benjamin
Reid, Whitelaw
maker
Scovill Manufacturing Company
ID Number
1981.0296.1245
accession number
1981.0296
catalog number
1981.0296.1245

Ulysses S. Grant Campaign Badge

This presidential campaign badge was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1868. The Scovill Company was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer and is still in business today.
Description (Brief)
This presidential campaign badge was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1868. The Scovill Company 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, and campaign badges.
Obverse: Tintype photograph of Ulysses Grant, labeled GEN. U.S.GRANT. The tintype photograph is set into a rectangular frame with an oval cut-out revealing the photo.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1868
depicted
Grant, Ulysses S.
maker
Scovill Manufacturing Company
ID Number
1981.0296.1259
accession number
1981.0296
catalog number
1981.0296.1259

Grover Cleveland Novelty Pill Container

This political novelty pill container was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1892. The Scovill Company was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer and is still in business today.
Description (Brief)
This political novelty pill container was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1892. The Scovill Company 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, and campaign medals. Made to look like a coin stack, the container is concave and is supposed to have a screw-on back to become a pill container.
Obverse: Bust of Grover Cleveland facing left. The legend reads: MY STACK ON CLEVELAND.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1892
depicted
Cleveland, Grover
maker
Scovill Manufacturing Company
ID Number
1981.0296.1232
accession number
1981.0296
catalog number
1981.0296.1232

George Washington Commemorative Medal

This commemorative medal was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut in the early 19th century. The Scovill Company was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer and is still in business today.
Description (Brief)
This commemorative medal was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut in the early 19th century. The Scovill Company 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 commemorative medals.
Obverse: Bust of George Washington facing left. Legend: GEORGE WASHINGTON, FIRST IN WAR, FIRST IN PEACE
Reverse: Rim encircled by floral wreath. Legend: BORN, FEB. 11. 1732. GENERAL AMERICAN ARMIES, 1775, RESIGNED, 1783, PRESIDENT 1789 TO 1796. GENERAL U.S. ARMY, 1798. DIED, 1799.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
early 19th century
depicted
Washington, George
maker
Scovill Manufacturing Company
ID Number
1981.0296.1231
accession number
1981.0296
catalog number
1981.0296.1231

Jefferson Davis Death to Traitors Medal

This medal was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1861. The Scovill Company was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer that is still in business today.
Description (Brief)
This medal was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1861. 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 medals. This medal was struck in reaction to the secession of the Confederacy and the election of its President, Jefferson Davis.
Obverse: Image of a man being hanged on a gallows. The legend reads: JEFFERSON DAVIS 1861.
Reverse: Legend reads: DEATH TO TRAITORS.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1861
referenced
Davis, Jefferson
maker
Scovill Manufacturing Company
ID Number
1981.0296.1128
accession number
1981.0296
catalog number
1981.0296.1128

Ulysses S. Grant Campaign Medal

This campaign medal was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1868. The Scovill Company was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer that is still in business today.
Description (Brief)
This campaign medal was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1868. 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.
Obverse: Raised white bust of Ulysses S. Grant facing left. The legend reads: GENERAL U.S. GRANT.
Reverse: The legend reads: THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE IS THE LAW OF THE LAND.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1868
depicted
Grant, Ulysses S.
maker
Scovill Manufacturing Company
ID Number
1981.0296.1206
accession number
1981.0296
catalog number
1981.0296.1206

Presidential Campaign Luggage Tag

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.
Description (Brief)
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.
This Presidential campaign novelty is a square luggage tag that bears the inscription: TAFT/1908/SHERMAN. William Taft and James Sherman were elected President and Vice President in 1908.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1908
referenced
Taft, William H.
Sherman, James Schoolcraft
maker
Scovill Manufacturing Company
ID Number
1981.0296.1242
accession number
1981.0296
catalog number
1981.0296.1242

Ulysses S. Grant Campaign Badge

This presidential campaign badge was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1868. The Scovill Company was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer and is still in business today.
Description (Brief)
This presidential campaign badge was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1868. The Scovill Company 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, and campaign medals. This badge has a pin on the back so it could be worn.
Obverse: Tintype photograph of Ulysses S. Grant set into a red and blue silver badge in the shape of two flags and the U.S. shield.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1868
depicted
Grant, Ulysses S.
maker
Scovill Manufacturing Company
ID Number
1981.0296.1313
accession number
1981.0296
catalog number
1981.0296.1313

Andrew Jackson Memorial Medal

This historical medal was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut in the middle of the 19th century. The Scovill Company was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer that is still in business today.
Description (Brief)
This historical medal was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut in 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 campaign medals. The medal is holed at the top so that it could be worn.
Obverse: Bust of Andrew Jackson facing right. Legend: ANDREW JACKSON.
Reverse: Urn on a pedestal under a weeping willow. Legend: BORN MAR. 15 1767. DIED JUNE 8 1845.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
mid 19th century
depicted
Jackson, Andrew
maker
Scovill Manufacturing Company
ID Number
1981.0296.1153
accession number
1981.0296
catalog number
1981.0296.1153

Abraham Lincoln Medal

This medal was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut during the 1860s. The Scovill Company was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer and is still in business today.
Description (Brief)
This medal was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut during the 1860s. The Scovill Company 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, and campaign medals.
Obverse: Bust of Abraham Lincoln facing right. The legend reads: ABR'M LINCOLN/ A FOE TO TRAITORS.
Reverse: Legend reads: NO COMPROMISE WITH ARMED REBELS/ MAY THE UNION FLOURISH.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1960
depicted
Lincoln, Abraham
maker
Scovill Manufacturing Company
ID Number
1981.0296.1298
accession number
1981.0296
catalog number
1981.0296.1298

Jefferson Davis Badge

This badge was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1860. The Scovill Company was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer and is still in business today.
Description (Brief)
This badge was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1860. The Scovill Company 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, and campaign badges.
Obverse: Tintype photograph of Jefferson Davis, labeled: DAVIS.
Reverse: Tintype photograph of P.G.T. Beauregard, labeled: BEAUREGARD.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1860
depicted
Davis, Jefferson
Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant
maker
Scovill Manufacturing Company
ID Number
1981.0296.1260
accession number
1981.0296
catalog number
1981.0296.1260

John C. Breckinridge Campaign Badge

This presidential campaign badge 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.
Description (Brief)
This presidential campaign badge 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 buttons, daguerreotype mats, and campaign badges. The rim of this badge has a hole so it could be worn.
Obverse: Tintype of John Breckinridge. The rim’s legend reads: JOHN. C. BRECKINRIDGE 1860.
Reverse: Tintype of Joseph Lane. The rim’s legend reads: JOSEPH LANE 1860.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1860
depicted
Breckinridge, John C.
Lane, Joseph
maker
Scovill Manufacturing Company
ID Number
1981.0296.1090
accession number
1981.0296
catalog number
1981.0296.1090

Abraham Lincoln Campaign Badge

This presidential campaign badge was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1864. The Scovill Company was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer that is still in business today.
Description (Brief)
This presidential campaign badge was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1864. 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 badges. This star-shaped badge likely would have had a pin on its back so it could be worn.
Obverse: Tintype photograph of Abraham Lincoln that is labeled: A. LINCOLN 1864.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1864
depicted
Lincoln, Abraham
maker
Scovill Manufacturing Company
ID Number
1981.0296.1163
accession number
1981.0296
catalog number
1981.0296.1163

George B. McClellan Campaign Badge

This presidential campaign badge was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1864. The Scovill Company was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer that is still in business today.
Description (Brief)
This presidential campaign badge was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1864. 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 badges.
Obverse: Tintype photograph of George B. McClellan in a brass frame. The frame has two shields flanking the photograph. Legend reads: FOR PRESIDENT G. B. McCLELLAN.
Reverse: Tintype photograph of George H. Pendleton. The legend reads: FOR VICE PRESIDENT GEO. H. PENDLETON.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1864
depicted
McClellan, George B.
Pendleton, George Hunt
maker
Scovill Manufacturing Company
ID Number
1981.0296.1101
accession number
1981.0296
catalog number
1981.0296.1101

Abraham Lincoln Campaign Badge

This presidential campaign badge was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1864. The Scovill Company was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer, and is still in business today.
Description (Brief)
This presidential campaign badge was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1864. The Scovill Company 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, and campaign badges. The badge is holed at the top so it could be worn on an article of clothing.
Obverse: Photograph of Abraham Lincoln, labeled “A. Lincoln.” Housing reads: PAT. APR. 2.1861.
Reverse: Photograph of Andrew Johnson labeled “Johnson.” Housing reads: PAT. APR. 2.1861.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1864
depicted
Lincoln, Abraham
Johnson, Andrew
maker
Scovill Manufacturing Company
ID Number
1981.0296.1077
accession number
1981.0296
catalog number
1981.0296.1077

Horatio Seymour Campaign Badge

This presidential campaign badge was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company around 1868. The Scovill Company was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer that is still in business today.
Description (Brief)
This presidential campaign badge was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company around 1868. 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 badges.
Obverse: Tintype photograph of Horatio Seymour, labeled “H. SEYMOUR.” Legend reads: OUR CHOICE FOR PRESIDENT.
Reverse: Tintype photograph of Francis Blair labeled “F.P. BLAIR.” The legend around the rim reads: FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1868
depicted
Seymour, Horatio
Blair, Jr., Francis P.
maker
Scovill Manufacturing Company
ID Number
1981.0296.1178
accession number
1981.0296
catalog number
1981.0296.1178

Zachary Taylor Medal

This presidential campaign medal was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1848. The Scovill Company was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer and is still in business today.
Description (Brief)
This presidential campaign medal was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1848. The Scovill Company 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, and campaign medals.
Obverse: Bust of Zachary Taylor facing left. The legend reads: MAJ. GEN ZACH: TAYLOR.
Reverse: Legend reads: FORT HARRISON/OKEE-CHO-BEE/PALO ALTO/RESACA DE LA PALMA/MONTEREY/BUENA VISTA.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1848
depicted
Taylor, Zachary
maker
Scovill Manufacturing Company
ID Number
1981.0296.1227
accession number
1981.0296
catalog number
1981.0296.1227

Abraham Lincoln Campaign Medal

This 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.
Description (Brief)
This 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 buttons, daguerreotype mats, and campaign medals.
Obverse: Bust of Abraham Lincoln, and is inscribed around the rim with the text “Republican Candidate Abraham Lincoln 1860.”
Reverse: Eagle with a shield, clutching three arrows and an olive branch in its talons. The legend reads: LIBERTY UNION AND EQUALITY.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1860
depicted
Lincoln, Abraham
maker
Scovill Manufacturing Company
ID Number
1981.0296.1122
accession number
1981.0296
catalog number
1981.0296.1122

Roosevelt and Fairbanks Campaign Luggage Taf

The Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut produced this luggage tag around 1904. Scovill was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer and is still in business today.
Description (Brief)
The Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut produced this luggage tag around 1904. 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.
This Presidential campaign novelty is a square luggage tag that bears the inscription: ROOSEVELT/1904/FAIRBANKS. Theodore Roosevelt and Charles Fairbanks were elected President and Vice President in 1904.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1904
referenced
Roosevelt, Theodore
Fairbanks, Charles Warren
maker
Scovill Manufacturing Company
ID Number
1981.0296.1243
accession number
1981.0296
catalog number
1981.0296.1243

Abraham Lincoln Campaign Medal

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 and is still in business today.
Description (Brief)
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 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, and campaign medals.
Obverse: Profile image of Abraham Lincoln facing right. The legend reads: ABRAHAM LINCOLN 1860.
Reverse: Image of two men working in tandem to split logs. The legend reads: PROGRESS / 1830
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1860
depicted
Lincoln, Abraham
maker
Scovill Manufacturing Company
ID Number
1981.0296.1296
accession number
1981.0296
catalog number
1981.0296.1296

Roosevelt Campaign Luggage Tag

The Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut produced this luggage tag around 1904. Scovill was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer and is still in business today.
Description (Brief)
The Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut produced this luggage tag around 1904. 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.
This Presidential campaign novelty is a square-shaped luggage tag that bears the inscription “ROOSEVELT/1904/FAIRBANKS.” Theodore Roosevelt and Charles Fairbanks were elected President and Vice President in 1904.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1904
referenced
Roosevelt, Theodore
Fairbanks, Charles Warren
maker
Scovill Manufacturing Company
ID Number
1981.0296.1236
accession number
1981.0296
catalog number
1981.0296.1236

Abraham Lincoln Campaign Medal

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, and is still in business today.
Description (Brief)
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, 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, and campaign badges. This badge has a hole in the top so it could be worn.
Obverse: Tintype photograph of Abraham Lincoln, the legend on the rim reads: LINCOLN & HAMLIN.
Reverse: Tintype photograph of Hannibal Hamlin, the legend on the rim reads: 1860.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1860
depicted
Lincoln, Abraham
Hamlin, Hannibal
maker
Scovill Manufacturing Company
ID Number
1981.0296.1082
accession number
1981.0296
catalog number
1981.0296.1082

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