Key System Transit Company Fare Token

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Description (Brief):

The Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut produced this transportation token during the 1920s. 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, medals, coins, and transportation tokens. Three sections in the center of the token are punched out.

Description (Brief)

Obverse: The legend reads: KEY SYSTEM/KST/TRANSIT CO.

Description (Brief)

Reverse: The legend reads: GOOD FOR/KST/ONE FARE

Date Made: ca 1920

Referenced: Key System Transit Co.Maker: Scovill Manufacturing Company

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Connecticut, Waterbury

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

Exhibition:

Exhibition Location:

Credit Line: Scovill, Inc.

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1981.0296.1399Accession Number: 1981.0296Catalog Number: 1981.0296.1399

Object Name: token

Physical Description: white metal (overall material)Measurements: overall: 1.65 cm; 5/8 in

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-09f5-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1382400

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