Collection Highlights
Plan of the City of New York
Date:
1776
Object Number:
LIB.NS3.M36.1.3ab
Medium:
Black ink, with pencil additions, on paper backed with paper backed with cloth
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Campaign kercheif of William Henry Harrison
Object Number:
1944.270
Date:
1840
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 28 3/4 x 24 3/4 in. ( 73 x 62.9 cm )
Marks:
printed: in medallion: "WM. H. HARRISON/ THE OHIO FARMER"
Description:
Cotton block-printed campaign kerchief from the 1840 presidential campaign of William Henry Harrison; central medallion depicting Harrison welcoming a wounded soldier in front of his log cabin; on a ground of blue stars; blue canton in the upper left corner with thirteen stars; printed with blue, green, brown, and sepia ink on a white ground.
Gallery Label:
This kerchief was made for the 1840 presidential campaign of William Henry Harrison.
Bibliography:
Herbert Ridgeway Collins, Threads of History: Americana Recorded on Cloth, 1775 to the Present (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1979), 99-100.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
