William McKinley Commemorative Token
William McKinley 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 William McKinley facing left. Legend: 25TH PRESIDENT, U.S.A./ 1897-1901/ ASSASSINATED/ WILLIAM McKINLEY.
- Reverse: "LITTLE MACK"/ "OUR MARTYRED PRESIDENT"/ MAJOR IN CIVIL WAR CONGRESSMAN GOVERNOR OF OHIO SERVED AS PRESIDENT THROUGHOUT WAR WITH SPAIN ASSASSINATED AT PAN AMERICAN EXPOSITION IN BUFFALO.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- depicted
- McKinley, William
- maker
- Scovill Manufacturing Company
- Measurements
- overall: 2.5 cm; in
- ID Number
- 1981.0296.1291
- accession number
- 1981.0296
- catalog number
- 1981.0296.1291
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Production and Manufacturing
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Scovill Manufacturing Collection
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
Paul Kostyak
Wed, 2015-03-18 08:55