Collection Highlights
At the Battle of Palo Alto
Date:
1846
Object Number:
PR.068.24
Medium:
Lithograph
SUPPORT THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Help us present groundbreaking exhibitions and develop educational programs about our nation's history for more than 200,000 schoolchildren annually.
Museum Collections
Luce Center
Campaign kercheif of Harrison and Reid
Object Number:
1944.216
Date:
1892
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 20 x 21 in. ( 50.8 x 53.3 cm )
Marks:
printed: below portraits: "BENJAMIN HARRISON/ REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT/ WHITELAW REID/ REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR VICE-PRESIDENT"
printed: on armorials: "THE * UNION * AND * THE/ CONSTITUTION * FOREVER"
Description:
Cotton copperplate-printed campaign kerchief with portraits of Benjamin Harrison and Whitelaw Reid in medallions with American bald eagle armorials above and below; printed in sepia and light-blue ink on a white ground; decorative border.
Gallery Label:
Benjamin Harrison of Indiana was the grandson of President William Henry Harrison. He was elected president in 1888, defeating Grover Cleveland, but was defeated by Cleveland in 1892. Whitelaw Reid of New York, the editor of the "New York Tribune," and U.S. Minister to France, was an unsuccessful candidate for Vice-President in 1892.
Bibliography:
Collins, Herbert Ridgeway. Threads of History: Americana Recorded on Cloth, 1775 to the Present. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1979.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
