Collection Highlights
Fire engine condenser case of the Clinton Fire Company No. 41
Date:
ca. 1842
Object Number:
1937.1631
Medium:
Wood, oil paint, gilding
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Luce Center
Kerchief
Object Number:
1952.307
Date:
1880
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 3/4 x 21 1/2 in. ( 50.2 x 54.6 cm )
Marks:
printed: below portraits: "JAMES A. GARFIELD./ REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT/ CHESTER A. ARTHUR./ REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR VICE PRESIDENT"
printed: upper right corner: "COCHRANE TURKEY RED"
Description:
Cotton lithographed campaign kerchief with medallion portraits of James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur printed in black on a natural ground; meander border and red background.
Gallery Label:
This kerchief was made for the presidential campaign of 1880.
Bibliography:
Herbert Ridgeway Collins, Threads of History: Americana Recorded on Cloth, 1775 to the Present (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1979), 221
Credit Line:
Purchase
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
