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- Taft-Sherman Campaign Tray, 1908 - The Republicans nominated William Howard Taft for president in 1908. Taft was the Secretary of War and a friend of President Theodore Roosevelt. Taft was also Roosevelt's choice to replace him in the White House. With enthusiastic campaigning from Roosevelt, Taft and his running mate, James Sherman, easily defeated the Democratic candidate, William Jennings Bryan.
- 1908
- Collections - Artifact
Taft-Sherman Campaign Tray, 1908
The Republicans nominated William Howard Taft for president in 1908. Taft was the Secretary of War and a friend of President Theodore Roosevelt. Taft was also Roosevelt's choice to replace him in the White House. With enthusiastic campaigning from Roosevelt, Taft and his running mate, James Sherman, easily defeated the Democratic candidate, William Jennings Bryan.
- "Greening Nursery Company" Tray, 1907-1909 - The Art Nouveau style reached its peak of popularity in 1900, but American manufacturers continued to use echoes of it in the years to come. The Art Nouveau design of this tray, produced in Ohio for a Michigan nursery company, would have appealed to many middle-class consumers.
- 1907-1909
- Collections - Artifact
"Greening Nursery Company" Tray, 1907-1909
The Art Nouveau style reached its peak of popularity in 1900, but American manufacturers continued to use echoes of it in the years to come. The Art Nouveau design of this tray, produced in Ohio for a Michigan nursery company, would have appealed to many middle-class consumers.