Museum Collections
Luce Center
Ribbon
Object Number:
INV.7307
Date:
1856
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 7/8 x 2 5/16 in. ( 20 x 5.9 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: "PLYMOUTH/FREMONT/CLUB."
Inscription: "FREEDOM/FOR/KANSAS"
Inscription: "FREMONT & DAYTON"
Inscription: in ink: "1856."
Description:
Cream silk ribbon brinted in black; Central stars and stripes shield with oval portrait of Fremont, surmounted by eagle with banderoole in beak and Kansas in talons; inscribed: "PLYMOUTH/FREMONT/CLUB.", "FREEDOM/FOR/KANSAS", "FREMONT & DAYTON" Additionally inscribed in ink "1856."
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