Franklin D. Roosevelt Commemorative Token
- Description (Brief)
- This commemorative token was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut during the mid-20th century. 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.
- Obverse: Bust of Franklin D. Roosevelt facing left. Legend: 32nd PRESIDENT, U.S.A./1933-1945/FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT.
- Reverse: "A NEW DEAL"/ ASST. SEC. OF THE NAVY/ GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK/ WAS MADE PRESIDENT DURING A PERIOD OF GREAT ECONOMIC DEPRESSION/ BECAME THE FIRST U.S. PRESIDENT TO BE ELECTED FOR FOUR TERMS/ "ONWARD AMERICA.”
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- medal, political
- depicted
- Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
- maker
- Scovill Manufacturing Company
- Measurements
- overall: 2.6 cm; 1 in
- ID Number
- 1981.0296.1655
- catalog number
- 1981.0296.1655
- accession number
- 1981.0296
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Production and Manufacturing
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Scovill Manufacturing Collection
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
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