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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
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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.
- 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
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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.
- Trade Card for Bicknell Brothers Clothing House, "Our Next President," 1880 - The 1880 U.S. Presidential election pitted Republican James Garfield against Democrat Winfield Scott Hancock. More than nine million Americans--a high turnout among eligible voters--cast ballots in the November election. In the end, fewer than 8,000 votes separated the two candidates. And while both Garfield and Hancock each captured 19 states, the electoral count--like the popular vote--favored Garfield.
- 1880
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Trade Card for Bicknell Brothers Clothing House, "Our Next President," 1880
The 1880 U.S. Presidential election pitted Republican James Garfield against Democrat Winfield Scott Hancock. More than nine million Americans--a high turnout among eligible voters--cast ballots in the November election. In the end, fewer than 8,000 votes separated the two candidates. And while both Garfield and Hancock each captured 19 states, the electoral count--like the popular vote--favored Garfield.
- Trade Card for E.R. Hull & Co. and Dedication of the Garfield Monument, 1890 - In the last third of the nineteenth century, promoters used a popular medium--trade cards--to announce shows, activities, and community events. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements, which survive as historical records of leisure in the United States.
- May 30, 1890
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Trade Card for E.R. Hull & Co. and Dedication of the Garfield Monument, 1890
In the last third of the nineteenth century, promoters used a popular medium--trade cards--to announce shows, activities, and community events. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements, which survive as historical records of leisure in the United States.
- 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
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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.
- Portrait of President James Garfield, circa 1875 - James Garfield (1831-1881) was born on a farm near Cleveland, Ohio. He rose to the rank of Major General during the Civil War before returning to Ohio in 1863 to serve in Congress for the next 17 years. In 1880, after a deadlocked convention, Republicans chose Garfield as their standard-bearer. He won--but was assassinated and later died after only six months in office.
- circa 1875
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Portrait of President James Garfield, circa 1875
James Garfield (1831-1881) was born on a farm near Cleveland, Ohio. He rose to the rank of Major General during the Civil War before returning to Ohio in 1863 to serve in Congress for the next 17 years. In 1880, after a deadlocked convention, Republicans chose Garfield as their standard-bearer. He won--but was assassinated and later died after only six months in office.
- 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
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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.
- Trade Card for Diamond Black Leather Oil, Globe Oil Company, 1890 - In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- 1890
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Trade Card for Diamond Black Leather Oil, Globe Oil Company, 1890
In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- Printing Block, "The Nation's Martyrs," 1881-1920 - Thomas Irwin Starr (1903-1965) had a lifelong interest in President Abraham Lincoln. He began collecting Lincoln-related materials at an auction in 1929. Starr, editorial director for publications at Michigan Bell Telephone Company, amassed a collection of Lincolniana and wrote several books and articles about our 16th President. This printing block reproduces an 1881 engraving showing Lincoln embracing another martyred President, James Garfield.
- July 02, 1881
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Printing Block, "The Nation's Martyrs," 1881-1920
Thomas Irwin Starr (1903-1965) had a lifelong interest in President Abraham Lincoln. He began collecting Lincoln-related materials at an auction in 1929. Starr, editorial director for publications at Michigan Bell Telephone Company, amassed a collection of Lincolniana and wrote several books and articles about our 16th President. This printing block reproduces an 1881 engraving showing Lincoln embracing another martyred President, James Garfield.
- James Garfield Campaign Medal, 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
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James Garfield Campaign Medal, 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.