Collection Highlights
Life studies of the Great Army
Date:
1876
Object Number:
PR.002.Album383
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Yardage
Object Number:
1952.297
Date:
1880
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 50 x 23 3/4 in. ( 127 x 60.3 cm )
Marks:
printed: below portraits: "JAMES/ A. GARFIELD/ FOR PRESIDENT/ CHESTER/ A. ARTHUR/ FOR/ VICE PRESIDENT"
printed: on banners: "UNION FOREVER/ EQUALITY FOR ALL MEN"
Description:
Cotton printed yardage with a running pattern of garlanded portraits of James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur above crossed American flags and inscribed banners running down the sides; printed in black, blue and red on a white ground.
Gallery Label:
This yardage was made for the 1880 Presidential campaign of James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
