Collection Highlights
Parade on Broadway for McKinley & Hobart
Date:
1896
Object Number:
PR.008.1
Medium:
Photograph
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Luce Center
General William H. Harrison Presidential Campaign Ribbon
Object Number:
INV.6700
Date:
1840
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. ( 15.9 x 6.4 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: "GEN. WM. H. HARRISON./FIRST IN WAR - FIRST IN PEACE-/FIRST IN THE HEARTS OF THEIR/COUNTRYMENT."
Description:
Cream silk ribbon (bookmark) printed in black; engraved image in frame of Harrison surmounted with eagle holding scroll in beak; engraved images in frames of Washington, and Tyler(?) below. Inscribed: "GEN. WM. H. HARRISON./FIRST IN WAR - FIRST IN PEACE-/FIRST IN THE HEARTS OF THEIR/COUNTRYMEN."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
