Hayes-Wheeler Campaign Lantern, 1876
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Late-nineteenth-century political parties rallied their supporters by holding torchlight parades. In the evening, marchers lit up the street carrying torches, lamps and lanterns. Many of these political lanterns glowed with the names of the candidates, slogans and patriotic symbols. Supporters of Rutherford B. Hayes and William Wheeler--the winning Republican ticket in 1876--would have carried a lantern like this lantern during nighttime festivities.
Late-nineteenth-century political parties rallied their supporters by holding torchlight parades. In the evening, marchers lit up the street carrying torches, lamps and lanterns. Many of these political lanterns glowed with the names of the candidates, slogans and patriotic symbols. Supporters of Rutherford B. Hayes and William Wheeler--the winning Republican ticket in 1876--would have carried a lantern like this lantern during nighttime festivities.
Artifact
Lantern (Lighting device)
Date Made
1876
Subject Date
1876
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
69.145.5
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Tin (Metal)
Mica (Mineral)
Paper (Fiber product)
Wood (Plant Material)
Dimensions
Height: 58.5 in
Diameter: 6.5 in
Inscriptions
HAYES / WHEELER / TOPPAN'S PATENT WATER PROOF, APRIL 29, 1869. MANUFACTURED BY F. MORANDI, 102 UNION ST., BOSTON