Andrew Johnson Commemorative Token
Andrew Johnson Commemorative Token
- Description (Brief)
- This token was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut during the early 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 including buttons, daguerreotype mats, and political tokens.
- Obverse: Bust of Andrew Johnson facing right. Legend: 17TH PRESIDENT, U.S.A./ 1865-1869/ ANDREW JOHNSON.
- Reverse: "SIR VETO"/ "THE TAILOR PRESIDENT"/ WAS TAUGHT TO READ AND WRITE BY HIS WIFE GOVERNOR OF TENNESSEE UNITED STATES SENATOR VICE PRESIDENT BECAME PRESIDENT UPON DEATH OF LINCOLN.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- medal, political
- depicted
- Johnson, Andrew
- maker
- Scovill Manufacturing Company
- Measurements
- overall: 2.5 cm; in
- ID Number
- 1981.0296.1277
- accession number
- 1981.0296
- catalog number
- 1981.0296.1277
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Production and Manufacturing
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Scovill Manufacturing Collection
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Maria Arrington
Mon, 2017-10-30 10:47
Ricky Shields
Sun, 2016-07-31 09:05
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Mon, 2017-12-18 09:31