Florida Ferry Company Token
Florida Ferry Company Token
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- Description (Brief)
- The Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut produced this transportation token from 1924-1938. 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. George W. Gibbs was the President of the Florida Ferry Company, located in Jacksonville, Florida. There is a hole punched in the center of the token, obscuring the reverse legend.
- Obverse: The legend reads: FLORIDA/FERRY COMPANY
- Reverse: The legend reads: Geo. W. Gibbs/President.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- token
- referenced
- Florida Ferry Company
- maker
- Scovill Manufacturing Company
- Measurements
- overall: 2.1 cm; 13/16 in
- ID Number
- 1981.0296.1370
- accession number
- 1981.0296
- catalog number
- 1981.0296.1370
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- Work and Industry: Production and Manufacturing
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Scovill Manufacturing Collection
- Transportation
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Susan Crews
Mon, 2016-12-19 00:44