Collection Highlights
Life studies of the Great Army
Date:
1876
Object Number:
PR.002.Album383
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Kerchief
Object Number:
1952.311
Date:
1888
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 22 1/4 x 23 1/2 in. ( 56.5 x 59.7 cm )
Marks:
printed: center: "FOR PRESIDENT/ BENJAMIN HARRISON/ FOR VICE PRESIDENT/ LEVI P. MORTON/ PROTECTION"
Description:
Cotton printed campaign kerchief of Benjamin Harrison and Levi P. Morton; medallion with a U.S. flag design inside, inscribed "PROTECTION" and inscribed with thier names around the medallion border; medallion portraits of the candidates in the corners; printed in red and blue on a white ground.
Gallery Label:
This kerchief was made for the 1888 Presidential campaign of Benjamin Harrison and Levi P. Morton.
Bibliography:
Collins, Herbert Ridgeway. Threads of History: Americana Recorded on Cloth, 1775 to the Present. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1979.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
