Political Campaign Card, "We May Differ in Politics but We All Agree That...," 1884

Artifact

Card (Information artifact)

Date Made

1884

Subject Date

1884

Creators

Degenkolb, B. 

Mayer, Merkel & Ottmann 

Creator Notes

Artwork by Degenkolb. Lithographed by Mayer, Merkel & Ottmann.

Keywords

Cards (Information artifacts) 

Political campaigns 

Political candidates 

United States presidents 

Wit and humor 

Hendricks, Thomas A. (Thomas Andrews), 1819-1885 

Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908 

Blaine, James Gillespie, 1830-1893 

Logan, John Alexander, 1826-1886 

St. John, John Pierce, 1833-1916 

Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893 

Ennis, James J. 

Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 

Democratic Party (U.S.) 

Greenback Labor Party (U.S.) 

Prohibition Party (U.S.) 

Collection Title

Research Center Political History Collection 

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

69.145.221

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Cardboard

Technique

Lithography

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 2.875 in

Width: 5 in

Inscriptions

caption over picture: We may differ in Politics but We all agree that beneath picture: M.M. & O. LITH. N.Y. / COPYRIGHT 1884 BY B. DEGENKOLB on back: Mr. James J. Ennis, the Candidate for the office of Assembly i[n the] 1st District of the State of New York, [?]inently qualified [to] discharge the duties of Representative for said District for which he is now a Candidate, and we would respectfully request to [gi]ve him your votes.