Abraham Lincoln Campaign Badge
Object Details
- depicted
- Lincoln, Abraham
- Scovill Manufacturing Company
- 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, 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.
- This badge features a tintype photograph of Abraham Lincoln, and the photo is labeled “A. Lincoln.” above Lincoln’s head. The badge likely had a pin originally on its back, so the badge could be worn and displayed.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Scovill, Inc.
- ca 1860
- ID Number
- 1981.0296.1079
- accession number
- 1981.0296
- catalog number
- 1981.0296.1079
- Object Name
- medal, political
- Physical Description
- brass (overall material)
- tintype (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2.5 cm; in
- place made
- United States: Connecticut, Waterbury
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- Work and Industry: Production and Manufacturing
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Scovill Manufacturing Collection
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1379906
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-0792-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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