James A. Garfield Commemorative Token
James A. Garfield Commemorative Token
- Description (Brief)
- This commemorative token was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut during the mid-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, and campaign medals.
- Obverse: Bust of James A. Garfield facing right. The legend reads: 20th PRESIDENT, U.S.A./1881-DIED/ASSASINATED/JAMES A GARFIELD.
- Reverse: The legend reads: "TEACHER PRESIDENT'/MAJ. GEN IN CIVIL WAR/ CONGRESSMAN/ ASSASSINATED SIX MOTHS AFTER INAUGURATION/'NOT A MAN OF IRON, BUT OF LIVE OAK.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- medal, political
- depicted
- Garfield, James A.
- maker
- Scovill Manufacturing Company
- Measurements
- overall: 2.6 cm; 1 in
- ID Number
- 1981.0296.1653
- catalog number
- 1981.0296.1653
- accession number
- 1981.0296
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Production and Manufacturing
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Scovill Manufacturing Collection
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
