Collection Highlights
Untitled (Skating in Central Park, N.Y.)
Date:
ca. 1890
Object Number:
PR.020.50.2
Medium:
Photograph
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Luce Center
Stephan A.Douglas Presidential Campaign Medal
Object Number:
1945.96
Date:
1860
Medium:
Brass
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 1/16 in. ( 2.7 cm )
Description:
Brass struck medal with obverse depicting clothed bust of Stephan Douglas facing left with legend: "DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE/STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS"; date below bust truncation: "1860." Reverse contains the Great Seal of the United States with surrounding legend: "LIBERTY UNION AND EQUALITY."
Gallery Label:
Stephen A. Douglas (1813-1861) was born and educated in Vermont, but moved to Illinois in 1833. He served as a Democrat in the U.S. Congress from 1843-1861. He sought the nomination for the presidency in 1852 and 1856, both times without success. In 1860 he received the nomination a third time, but was defeated by Abraham Lincoln.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
