Thomas Edison Commemorative Medal
Thomas Edison Commemorative Medal
- Description (Brief)
- This medal was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1866.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, and campaign medals.
- Obverse: Bust of Andrew Johnson facing left. The legend reads: ANDREW JOHNSON/ PRESIDENT U.S.
- Reverse: The legend reads: NATIONAL UNION CONVENTION HELD AT PHILA: AUG. 14. 1866/ THE PEOPLE MUST BE TRUSTED WITH THEIR OWN GOVERNMENT
- Location
- Currently not on view
- depicted
- Edison, Thomas Alva
- maker
- Scovill Manufacturing Company
- Measurements
- overall: 3.2 cm; 1 1/4 in
- ID Number
- 1981.0296.1573
- accession number
- 1981.0296
- catalog number
- 1981.0296.1573
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Production and Manufacturing
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Scovill Manufacturing Collection
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
