Collection Highlights
Siamese Twins
Date:
1836
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1836.55
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Kerchief
Object Number:
1936.803
Date:
1896
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 37 x 23 3/4 in. ( 94 x 60.3 cm )
Marks:
printed: on armorial: "PROTECTION/ WE LOVE/ OUR COUNTRY/ RECIPROCITY/ HONEST MONEY"
printed: all over: "MY FRIENDS/ YOU SHALL HAVE/ PROSPERITY/ WITH FULL PROTECTION/ BELIEVE ME/ OUR /CHOICE FOR/ PRESIDENT/ WILLIAM McKINLEY/ THE AMERICAN/ PEOPLE'S/ CHAMPI
Description:
Screenprinted cotton campaign kerchief with full-length portrail of William McKinley standing on a platform surrounded by cheering crowd with a rising sun in the background; American bald eagle armorial with flags at top of kerchief; printed with red, yellow, blue and black ink on a white ground.
Gallery Label:
This kerchief was made for the presidential campaign of 1896.
Bibliography:
Collins, Herbert Ridgeway. Threads of History: Americana Recorded on Cloth, 1775 to the Present. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1979.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
