Collection Highlights
Declaration of sentiments of the American Anti-Slavery Society : adopted at the formation of said society, in Philadelphia, on the 4th day of December, 1833
Date:
Publication: 1848-1855
Object Number:
LIB.E449.A53.1848
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Printed textile of McKinley campaign
Object Number:
1944.69
Date:
1897
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/2 x 18 in. ( 29.2 x 45.7 cm )
Marks:
printed: in medallion and on ribbon: "William McKinley, Ohio/ PATRIOTISM * PROTECTION * & * PROSPERITY"
Description:
Printed silk campaign kerchief with medallion portrait of William McKinley above a ribbon; on a blue ground with stars; printed in black and blue on a white ground.
Gallery Label:
This kerchief was sold at the dedication of Ulysees S. Grant's Tomb in 1897.
Bibliography:
Herbert Ridgeway Collins, Threads of History: Americana Recorded on Cloth, 1775 to the Present (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1979), 320.
Credit Line:
Gift of William H. Dey
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
