Trade Card for Lansing Wagon Works, Supporting Benjamin Harrison for President, 1892
THF252010 / Trade Card for Lansing Wagon Works, Supporting Benjamin Harrison for President, 1892
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Artifact Overview
The Republican Party selected Benjamin Harrison to run for president in 1888 and 1892. Harrison was a proponent of strong protective tariffs, sound money and pensions for Civil War veterans. He was also the grandson of a William Henry Harrison, the ninth President of the United States. Touting "protection" and his family's political lineage, Benjamin won in 1888, but lost in 1892.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Trade card
Date Made
1892
Subject Date
1892
Creators
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
89.0.541.1223
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Printing (Process)
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 4 in
Width: 2.375 in
Inscriptions
front, bottom:
STAY THERE!
back:
LANSING WAGON WORKS, / MANUFACTURERS OF / FARM, LUMBER AND FREIGHT WAGONS, / FINE CARRIAGES & SPRING WAGONS, / LANSING, MI.
along side of card:
POLITICAL JOKER / PAT APPLIED FOR
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