Object Details
- referenced
- Nixon, Richard M.
- Agnew, Spiro T.
- Scovill Manufacturing Company
- Description (Brief)
- The Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut produced this Richard Nixon campaign pin in 1968. 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, and pins.
- The circular white button bears the text “NIXON” in red and “AGNEW” in blue. The button has a pin on the back, allowing it to be worn. Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew successfully ran for President and Vice President on the Republican ticket in 1968.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Scovill, Inc.
- 1968
- ID Number
- 1981.0296.1301
- accession number
- 1981.0296
- catalog number
- 1981.0296.1301
- Object Name
- pin, campaign
- Measurements
- overall: 3.1 cm; 1 1/4 in
- place made
- United States: Connecticut, Waterbury
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Production and Manufacturing
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Scovill Manufacturing Collection
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1382295
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-07e0-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
