Abraham Lincoln Campaign Medal
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Lincoln, Abraham Scovill Manufacturing Company
Description
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: Bust of Abraham Lincoln facing right. The legend reads: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. 1860. \Reverse: The legend reads: FREEDOM NATIONAL SLAVERY SECTIONAL.Currently not on view
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National Museum of American History
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Smithsonian Institution