Hotel Brighton Token
Hotel Brighton Token
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- Description (Brief)
- The Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut produced this 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 tokens.
- Obverse: The legend reads: HOTEL BRIGHTON/ 5.
- Reverse: The legend reads: HOTEL BRIGHTON/ 5.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- token
- maker
- Scovill Manufacturing Company
- Measurements
- overall: 1.8 cm; 11/16 in
- ID Number
- 1981.0296.1485
- accession number
- 1981.0296
- catalog number
- 1981.0296.1485
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- Work and Industry: Production and Manufacturing
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Scovill Manufacturing Collection
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Marc Merrick
Fri, 2019-09-27 10:06