Collection Highlights
Bank of Newburgh Bank Notes
Date:
1823-1824
Object Number:
PR.221.3
Medium:
Engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Printed textile
Object Number:
1976.24
Date:
1888
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 x 18 1/8 in. ( 45.7 x 46 cm )
Marks:
printed: all over: "TRUE BLUE/ FOR PRESIDENT/ BENJ. HARRISON/ OF INDIANA/ FOR VICE PRESIDENT/ LEVI P. MORTON/ OF NEW YORK/ 1888/ REGISTERED"
Description:
Silk campaign kerchief of Benjamin Harrison and Levi Morton, printed in blue with crossed flags, medallion portraits of the candidates, and the inscription "TRUE BLUE/ FOR PRESIDENT/ BENJ. HARRISON/ OF INDIANA/ FOR VICE PRESIDENT/ LEVI P. MORTON/ OF NEW YORK/ 1888/ REGISTERED"
Bibliography:
Collins, Herbert Ridgeway. Threads of History: Americana Recorded on Cloth, 1775 to the Present. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1979.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Stanley Herzman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
