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- Framed Advertisement for Political Campaign Supplies, Equipment and Clothing, 1880 - M. R. Levy & Company presented its line of political campaign material for 1880 with this broadside advertisement. Supporters of Democratic and Republican Party candidates could find a range of products -- uniforms, parade torches, badges, and banners -- available at Levy's New York City location.
- August 18, 1880
- Collections - Artifact
Framed Advertisement for Political Campaign Supplies, Equipment and Clothing, 1880
M. R. Levy & Company presented its line of political campaign material for 1880 with this broadside advertisement. Supporters of Democratic and Republican Party candidates could find a range of products -- uniforms, parade torches, badges, and banners -- available at Levy's New York City location.
- Garfield-Arthur Campaign Button, 1880 - James Garfield became the Republican Party's presidential nominee in 1880 only after the convention had deadlocked. Delegates could not decide among the three leading candidates and turned to Garfield--who did not seek the nomination--as a compromise candidate. He and his running mate Chester Arthur would face Democrat Winfield Hancock. Voters chose Garfield by the narrowest of margins--fewer than 7,500 votes.
- 1880
- Collections - Artifact
Garfield-Arthur Campaign Button, 1880
James Garfield became the Republican Party's presidential nominee in 1880 only after the convention had deadlocked. Delegates could not decide among the three leading candidates and turned to Garfield--who did not seek the nomination--as a compromise candidate. He and his running mate Chester Arthur would face Democrat Winfield Hancock. Voters chose Garfield by the narrowest of margins--fewer than 7,500 votes.
- Garfield - Arthur Presidential Campaign Lantern, 1880 - 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. Inexpensive paper lanterns glowed with the image or name of the party's candidate or other patriotic imagery. Backers of the 1880 Republican presidential ticket would have carried this accordion-pleated lantern containing the names of the nominees.
- 1880
- Collections - Artifact
Garfield - Arthur Presidential Campaign Lantern, 1880
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. Inexpensive paper lanterns glowed with the image or name of the party's candidate or other patriotic imagery. Backers of the 1880 Republican presidential ticket would have carried this accordion-pleated lantern containing the names of the nominees.
- Chester A. Arthur Silk Portrait, 1881-1885 -
- 1881-1885
- Collections - Artifact
Chester A. Arthur Silk Portrait, 1881-1885
- Garfield - Arthur Presidential Campaign Lantern, 1880 - 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. Inexpensive paper lanterns glowed with the image or name of the party's candidate or other patriotic imagery. Backers of the 1880 Republican presidential ticket would have carried this accordion-pleated lantern containing the names of the nominees.
- 1880
- Collections - Artifact
Garfield - Arthur Presidential Campaign Lantern, 1880
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. Inexpensive paper lanterns glowed with the image or name of the party's candidate or other patriotic imagery. Backers of the 1880 Republican presidential ticket would have carried this accordion-pleated lantern containing the names of the nominees.
- Garfield - Arthur Presidential Campaign Lantern, 1880 - 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. Inexpensive paper lanterns glowed with the image or name of the party's candidate or other patriotic imagery. Backers of the 1880 Republican presidential ticket would have carried this accordion-pleated lantern containing the images of the candidates.
- 1880
- Collections - Artifact
Garfield - Arthur Presidential Campaign Lantern, 1880
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. Inexpensive paper lanterns glowed with the image or name of the party's candidate or other patriotic imagery. Backers of the 1880 Republican presidential ticket would have carried this accordion-pleated lantern containing the images of the candidates.
- Garfield - Arthur Presidential Campaign Lantern, 1880 - 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. Inexpensive paper lanterns glowed with the image or name of the party's candidate or other patriotic imagery. Backers of the 1880 Republican presidential ticket would have carried this accordion-pleated lantern containing the images of the candidates.
- 1880
- Collections - Artifact
Garfield - Arthur Presidential Campaign Lantern, 1880
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. Inexpensive paper lanterns glowed with the image or name of the party's candidate or other patriotic imagery. Backers of the 1880 Republican presidential ticket would have carried this accordion-pleated lantern containing the images of the candidates.