William Henry Harrison Campaign Medal
William Henry Harrison Campaign Medal
- Description (Brief)
- This presidential campaign medal was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1840. 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 including campaign medals. The medal has a hole in the top so it could be worn.
- Obverse: Bust of William Henry Harrison facing left. Legend: MAJ: GENl W.H. HARRISON/BORN FEB.9.1773.
- Reverse: Image of a log cabin with a cider barrel next to it. Legend: THE PEOPLE’S CHOICE IN THE YEAR 1840.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- medal, political
- depicted
- Harrison, William Henry
- maker
- Scovill Manufacturing Company
- Measurements
- overall: 2.3 cm; 7/8 in
- ID Number
- 1981.0296.1627
- accession number
- 1981.0296
- catalog number
- 1981.0296.1627
- Presidential Campaign of 1840
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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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