Natural Resources
The natural resources collections offer centuries of evidence about how Americans have used the bounty of the American continent and coastal waters. Artifacts related to flood control, dam construction, and irrigation illustrate the nation's attempts to manage the natural world. Oil-drilling, iron-mining, and steel-making artifacts show the connection between natural resources and industrial strength.
Forestry is represented by saws, axes, a smokejumper's suit, and many other objects. Hooks, nets, and other gear from New England fisheries of the late 1800s are among the fishing artifacts, as well as more recent acquisitions from the Pacific Northwest and Chesapeake Bay. Whaling artifacts include harpoons, lances, scrimshaw etchings in whalebone, and several paintings of a whaler's work at sea. The modern environmental movement has contributed buttons and other protest artifacts on issues from scenic rivers to biodiversity.
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William Henry Harrison Campaign Medal
- Description (Brief)
- This presidential campaign medal was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1840. The Scovill Company was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer that is still in business today. Scovill was an early industrial American innovator, adapting armory manufacturing processes to mass-produce a variety of consumer goods campaign medals. The medal has a hole so that it could be worn.
- Obverse: Bust of William Henry Harrison facing left. The legend reads: MAJ. GENl W. HARRISON BORN FEB. 9. 1773.
- Reverse: Image of a log cabin, and the legend: THE PEOPLE’S CHOICE/ THE HERO OF TIPPECANOE.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1840
- depicted
- Harrison, William Henry
- maker
- Scovill Manufacturing Company
- ID Number
- 1981.0296.1200
- accession number
- 1981.0296
- catalog number
- 1981.0296.1200
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Ulysses S. Grant Campaign Badge
- Description (Brief)
- This presidential campaign badge was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1868. The Scovill Company was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer that 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 badges. The eagle has a pin so the badge could be worn.
- Obverse: Labeled tintype photograph of Ulysses S. Grant and Schuyler Colfax. The photo is in a golden colored frame featuring a spread-winged eagle, flanked by two golden American flags, and a scroll “E PLURIBUS UNUM.”
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1868
- depicted
- Grant, Ulysses S.
- Colfax, Schuyler
- maker
- Scovill Manufacturing Company
- ID Number
- 1981.0296.1181
- accession number
- 1981.0296
- catalog number
- 1981.0296.1181
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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John C. Frémont Campaign Medal
- Description (Brief)
- This campaign medal was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1856. The Scovill Company was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer that 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 John C. Frémont facing right. Legend reads: JOHN. C. FREMONT. FREE SOIL & FREE SPEECH.
- Reverse: Image of eagle with shield, holding a laurel branch and three arrows in its talons. Legend reads: WM. L. DAYTON FREE SPEECH. FREE MEN.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1856
- depicted
- Fremont, John Charles
- referenced
- Dayton, William L.
- maker
- Scovill Manufacturing Company
- ID Number
- 1981.0296.1149
- accession number
- 1981.0296
- catalog number
- 1981.0296.1149
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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John A. Bell Campaign Medal
- Description (Brief)
- This presidential campaign medal was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1860. The Scovill Company was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer that 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 badges.
- Obverse: Tintype photo of John A. Bell. The legend reads: JOHN BELL 1860.
- Reverse: Tintype photograph of Edward Everett. The legend reads: EDWARD EVERETT 1860.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1860
- depicted
- Bell, John
- Everett, Edward
- maker
- Scovill Manufacturing Company
- ID Number
- 1981.0296.1102
- accession number
- 1981.0296
- catalog number
- 1981.0296.1102
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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James Polk Campaign Medal
- Description (Brief)
- This presidential campaign medal was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1844. Scovill was an early industrial American innovator, adapting armory manufacturing processes to mass-produce a variety of consumer goods.
- Obverse: Bust of James K. Polk and George M. Dallas facing each other ringed by stars. Over is a spread-winged eagle with an olive branch in its beak. The legend reads: POLK/ DALLAS./ 1844/ THE PEOPLE'S CANDIDATES.
- Reverse: Seated female figure surrounded by a lamb, spinning wheel, and tobacco barrel, with a ship in the background. Legend: SUCCESS WILL CROWN OUR EFFORTS.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1844
- depicted
- Polk, James K.
- Dallas, George M.
- maker
- Scovill Manufacturing Company
- ID Number
- 1981.0296.1307
- accession number
- 1981.0296
- catalog number
- 1981.0296.1307
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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George B. McClellan Campaign Medal
- Description (Brief)
- This presidential campaign medal was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1864. 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 badges.
- Obverse: Bust of George B. McClellan facing left, surrounded by a wreath. Legend reads: MAJ. GEN. GEO. B. McCLELLAN.
- Reverse: Image of a shield that is surrounded by flags and a “liberty cap.” Legend reads: THE PEOPLES CHOICE FOR PRESIDENT 1864.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1864
- depicted
- McClellan, George B.
- maker
- Scovill Manufacturing Company
- ID Number
- 1981.0296.1081
- accession number
- 1981.0296
- catalog number
- 1981.0296.1081
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Benjamin Harrison Inaugural Medal
- Description (Brief)
- This inaugural medal was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1889. 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 Benjamin Harrison facing left. The legend reads: BENJAMIN HARRISON PRESIDENT OF THE U.S.
- Reverse: Image of the United States Capitol with the legend: INAUGURATED MARCH 4, 1889.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1889
- depicted
- Harrison, Benjamin
- maker
- Scovill Manufacturing Company
- ID Number
- 1981.0296.1230
- accession number
- 1981.0296
- catalog number
- 1981.0296.1230
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Horace Greeley Campaign Medal
- Description (Brief)
- This presidential campaign medal was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1872. The Scovill Company was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer that 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: Busts of Horace Greeley and Benjamin Brown facing right, with an image of two hands shaking underneath the busts. The legend reads: GREELEY & BROWN.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1872
- depicted
- Greeley, Horace
- Brown, Benjamin G.
- maker
- Scovill Manufacturing Company
- ID Number
- 1981.0296.1185
- accession number
- 1981.0296
- catalog number
- 1981.0296.1185
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Stephen A. Douglas Campaign Badge
- Description (Brief)
- This presidential campaign badge was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1860. The Scovill Company was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer that is still in business today. Scovill is an important example of early American industrial manufacturing that adapted armory machines to mass-produce a variety of consumer goods including buttons, daguerreotype mats, and campaign badges. This tintype is in a circular bronze frame, and there is a hole in the top of the frame allowing the badge to be worn.
- Obverse: Tintype photograph of Stephen A. Douglas, labeled “STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS.”
- Reverse: Tintype photograph of Herschel V. Johnson labeled “HERSCHEL V. JOHNSON.”
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1860
- depicted
- Douglas, Stephen A.
- Johnson, Herschel V.
- maker
- Scovill Manufacturing Company
- ID Number
- 1981.0296.1110
- accession number
- 1981.0296
- catalog number
- 1981.0296.1110
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Bryan and Kern Campaign Luggage Tag
- Description (Brief)
- The Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut produced this luggage tag around 1908. 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 buttons, daguerreotype mats, medals, coins, and tokens.
- This Presidential campaign novelty is a square luggage tag with the inscription: BRYAN/1908/KERN. William Jennings Bryan and John Kern unsuccessfully ran for President and Vice President on the Democratic ticket in 1908.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1908
- referenced
- Bryan, William Jennings
- Kern, John W.
- maker
- Scovill Manufacturing Company
- ID Number
- 1981.0296.1312
- accession number
- 1981.0296
- catalog number
- 1981.0296.1312
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Presidential Memorial Medal
- Description (Brief)
- This memorial medal was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut during the 1840s. 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 commemorative medals.
- Obverse: Bust portraits of Presidents, with labels: GEORGE WASHINGTON/ JOHN ADAMS/ THOMAS JEFFERSON/ JAMES MADISON/ JAMES MONROE/ JOHN QUINCY ADAMS/ ANDREW JACKSON/ MARTIN VAN BUREN.
- Reverse: Two branches wreath rim. The central legend reads: FIRST PRESIDENT/ GEORGE WASHINGTON./ SECOND/ JOHN ADAMS./ THIRD/ THOMAS JEFFERSON./ FOURTH/ JAMES MADISON./ FIFTH/ JAMES MONROE./ SIXTH/ JOHN QUINCY ADAMS./ SEVENTH/ ANDREW JACKSONS./ EIGHTH/ MARTIN VAN BUREN.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1840
- depicted
- Washington, George
- Adams, John
- Jefferson, Thomas
- Madison, James
- Monroe, James
- Adams, John Quincy
- Jackson, Andrew
- Van Buren, Martin
- maker
- Scovill Manufacturing Company
- ID Number
- 1981.0296.1240
- accession number
- 1981.0296
- catalog number
- 1981.0296.1240
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Abraham Lincoln Campaign Medal
- Description (Brief)
- This presidential campaign medal was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1860. The Scovill Company was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer that 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 Abraham Lincoln facing right. The legend reads: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. 1860.
- Reverse: Legend reads: FREEDOM NATIONAL SLAVERY SECTIONAL.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1860
- depicted
- Lincoln, Abraham
- maker
- Scovill Manufacturing Company
- ID Number
- 1981.0296.1199
- accession number
- 1981.0296
- catalog number
- 1981.0296.1199
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Ulysses S. Grant Campaign Badge
- Description (Brief)
- This presidential campaign badge was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1868. The Scovill Company was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer that 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 badges. The colorful pink ring in this badge makes it especially attractive.
- Obverse: Tintype photograph of Ulysses S. Grant and Schuyler Colfax imbedded into a brass badge.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1868
- depicted
- Grant, Ulysses S.
- Colfax, Schuyler
- maker
- Scovill Manufacturing Company
- ID Number
- 1981.0296.1165
- accession number
- 1981.0296
- catalog number
- 1981.0296.1165
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Horace Greeley Campaign Medal
- Description (Brief)
- This presidential campaign medal was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1872. The Scovill Company was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer that 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 and campaign medals. This medal has a hole so that it could be worn.
- Obverse: Bust of Horace Greeley, facing forward. Legend: FOR PRESIDENT HORACE GREELEY.
- Reverse: Labeled photographs of Greeley and Benjamin Brown set into the medal. There is a spread-winged eagle at the top, with the legend “President” and “VICE PRES’T.”
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1872
- depicted
- Greeley, Horace
- Brown, Benjamin G.
- maker
- Scovill Manufacturing Company
- ID Number
- 1981.0296.1174
- accession number
- 1981.0296
- catalog number
- 1981.0296.1174
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Stephen A. Douglas Campaign Medal
- Description (Brief)
- This presidential campaign medal was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1860. The Scovill Company was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer that 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 Stephen Douglas facing forward. The legend reads: STEPHEN A DOUGLAS.
- Reverse: The legend reads: DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR THE PRESIDENCY/THE CHAMPION OF POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1860
- depicted
- Douglas, Stephen A.
- maker
- Scovill Manufacturing Company
- ID Number
- 1981.0296.1187
- accession number
- 1981.0296
- catalog number
- 1981.0296.1187
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Roosevelt and Fairbanks Campaign Luggage Tag
- Description (Brief)
- The Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut produced this luggage tag around 1904. 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 buttons, daguerreotype mats, medals, coins, and tokens.
- This Presidential campaign novelty is a square luggage tag with the inscription: ROOSEVELT/1904/FAIRBANKS. Theodore Roosevelt and Charles Fairbanks were elected President and Vice President on the Republican ticket in 1904.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1904
- referenced
- Roosevelt, Theodore
- Fairbanks, Charles Warren
- maker
- Scovill Manufacturing Company
- ID Number
- 1981.0296.1311
- accession number
- 1981.0296
- catalog number
- 1981.0296.1311
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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William Henry Harrison Campaign Medal
- Description (Brief)
- This presidential campaign medal was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1840. The Scovill Company was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer that 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 William Henry Harrison facing left. The legend reads: MAJ. GENl W. HARRISON BORN FEB. 9. 1773.
- Reverse: Image of a log cabin, with a legend: THE PEOPLE’S CHOICE IN THE YEAR 1840.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1840
- depicted
- Harrison, William Henry
- maker
- Scovill Manufacturing Company
- ID Number
- 1981.0296.1195
- accession number
- 1981.0296
- catalog number
- 1981.0296.1195
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Ulysses S. Grant Campaign Star Badge
- Description (Brief)
- This star-shaped badge was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1868. The Scovill Company was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer that 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 badges.
- This badge features a tintype photograph of Ulysses S. Grant set into a star-shaped brass badge. This badge likely would have originally had a pin on the back so it could be worn.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1868
- depicted
- Grant, Ulysses S.
- maker
- Scovill Manufacturing Company
- ID Number
- 1981.0296.1096
- accession number
- 1981.0296
- catalog number
- 1981.0296.1096
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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John A. Bell Campaign Medal
- Description (Brief)
- This presidential campaign medal was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1860. 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 badges.
- Obverse: Profile image of John A. Bell facing right. Legend reads: UNION CANDIDATE JOHN A. BELL/ 1860.
- Reverse: An image of an eagle with shield, clutching arrows and an olive branch in its talons. Legend reads: LIBERTY UNION AND EQUALITY.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1860
- depicted
- Bell, John
- maker
- Scovill Manufacturing Company
- ID Number
- 1981.0296.1073
- accession number
- 1981.0296
- catalog number
- 1981.0296.1073
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Ulysses S. Grant Campaign Medal
- Description (Brief)
- This presidential campaign medal was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1868. 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 badges.
- Obverse: Bust of Ulysses S. Grant facing forward, the legend reads: GENERAL U.S. GRANT 1868.
- Reverse: Image of two branches and four stars, the legend reads: I PROPOSE TO FIGHT IT OUT ON THIS LINE IF IT TAKES ALL SUMMER.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1868
- depicted
- Grant, Ulysses S.
- maker
- Scovill Manufacturing Company
- ID Number
- 1981.0296.1071
- accession number
- 1981.0296
- catalog number
- 1981.0296.1071
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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