Chicago Transit Authority Token
Chicago Transit Authority Token
- Description (Brief)
- The Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut produced this transportation token during the early 20th century. The Scovill Company 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 transportation tokens. The center bears the initials “CTA,” and has three punched-out sections around the middle.
- Obverse: Two stars. The legend reads: CHICAGO TRANIST/AUTHORITY.
- Reverse: Two stars. The legend reads: SURFACE SYSTEM/TOKEN.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- referenced
- Chicago Transit Authority
- maker
- Scovill Manufacturing Company
- Measurements
- overall: 1.6 cm; 5/8 in
- ID Number
- 1981.0296.1337
- accession number
- 1981.0296
- catalog number
- 1981.0296.1337
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Production and Manufacturing
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Scovill Manufacturing Collection
- Transportation
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
