Collection Highlights
Napoleon's Authorization for the Sale of the Louisiana Territory
Date:
April 24, 1803
Object Number:
MSS.Y1803
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Handkerchief
Object Number:
INV.6732.1
Date:
1956
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 1/2 x 13 1/2 in. ( 34.3 x 34.3 cm )
Marks:
printed: upper left corner: "G.O.P./ REPUBLICAN PARTY"
printed: upper right corner: "REPUBLICAN PARTY HISTORY/ Intense opposition in nonslave states to/ further exension of the slavery system/ brought the Republican Party into being and/ its first conven
Description:
White cotton handkerchief celebrating the Republican Party; gray elephant printed in the upper left corner with a red, white and blue streaper and two U.S. shields above with "G.O.P./ REPUBLICAN PARTY" inscribed below; upper right corner is inscribed with the party history; lower half has a list of republican presidents, where they were born, died, and thier burial place; border of elephant around all but the upper left corner; scalloped edge with a red line.
Bibliography:
Collins, Herbert Ridgeway. Threads of History: Americana Recorded on Cloth, 1775 to the Present. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institute, 1979.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
