Major Robert Anderson Token

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Description (Brief):

This advertising badge was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut during the mid-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 buttons, daguerreotype mats, and campaign medals.

Description (Brief)

Obverse: Melainotype photograph of Major Robert Anderson facing forward. The text reads: OUR FLAG'S PROTECTOR. MAJ. ANDERSON.

Description (Brief)

Reverse: bears the text: ABBOT & COMPANY, MELAINOTYPE PORTRAITS, PICTURES, BUSINESS CARDS, Medals, &c./ WATERBURY, CONN.--- 143 NASSAU-ST. N.Y.

Date Made: mid 19th century

Depicted: Anderson, RobertMaker: Scovill Manufacturing Company

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Connecticut, Waterbury

See more items in: Work and Industry: Production and Manufacturing, Military, Industry & Manufacturing, Scovill Manufacturing Collection

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Credit Line: Scovill, Inc.

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1981.0296.1251Accession Number: 1981.0296Catalog Number: 1981.0296.1251

Object Name: medal, personal

Physical Description: melainotype (overall material)brass (overall material)Measurements: overall: 2.5 cm; in

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-0df5-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1382244

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