Theodore Roosevelt Commemorative Token
Theodore Roosevelt 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.
- Obverse: Bust of Theodore Roosevelt facing left. Legend: 26TH PRESIDENT, U.S.A./1901-1909/ THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
- Reverse: "TEDDY"/ "SPEAK SOFTLY AND CARRY A BIG STICK"/ COLONEL OF THE ROUGH RIDERS IN WAR WITH SPAIN GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK VICE PRESIDENT. BECAME PRESIDENT UPON DEATH OF MCKINLEY BUILT PANAMA CANAL. THE TRUST BUSTER.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- medal, political
- depicted
- Roosevelt, Theodore
- maker
- Scovill Manufacturing Company
- Measurements
- overall: 2.5 cm; in
- ID Number
- 1981.0296.1292
- accession number
- 1981.0296
- catalog number
- 1981.0296.1292
- 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
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