Roosevelt and Fairbanks Campaign Luggage Taf

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.

Description (Brief)

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.

Date Made: ca 1904

Referenced: Roosevelt, TheodoreFairbanks, Charles WarrenMaker: Scovill Manufacturing Company

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Connecticut, Waterbury

Related Event: Presidential Campaign of 1904

Subject:

See more items in: Work and Industry: Production and Manufacturing, Government, Politics, and Reform, Industry & Manufacturing, Scovill Manufacturing Collection

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Credit Line: Scovill, Inc.

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1981.0296.1243Accession Number: 1981.0296Catalog Number: 1981.0296.1243

Object Name: tag, luggage

Physical Description: brass (overall material)Measurements: overall: 3.6 cm x 3.7 cm; 1 7/16 in x 1 7/16 in

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

Record Id: nmah_1382236

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