Collection Highlights
Get off the track! : a song for Emmancipation, sung by the Hutchinsons, respectfully dedicated to Nath.l P. Rogers, as a mark of esteem for his intrepidity in the cause of human rights
Date:
1844
Object Number:
LIB.M1622a.Hutchinson
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Presidential campaign kerchief of Garfield and Arthur
Object Number:
1952.299
Date:
1884
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 x 23 1/2 in. ( 38.1 x 59.7 cm )
Marks:
printed: on stripes: "* FOR */ * PRESIDENT */ * JAMES G. BLAINE */ *FOR*/ *VICE PRESIDENT*/ * JOHN A. LOGAN*/ *1884*"
Description:
Copperplate-printed silk flag campaign kerchief with portraits of James G. Blaine and John A. Logan in the canton; printed in red, blue and black on a white ground.
Gallery Label:
James G. Blaine, depicted on this kerchief, lost the 1884 presidential election to Grover Cleveland.
Bibliography:
Collins, Herbert Ridgeway. Threads of History: Americana Recorded on Cloth, 1775 to the Present. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1979.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
