Blaine Portrait Button with Ribbon
- Title:
- Blaine Portrait Button with Ribbon
- Collection:
- Political Americana
- Political Figure:
- Blaine, James Gillespie, American (1830-1893), Presidential Candidate
- Date:
- ca. 1892
- Election Date:
- 1892
- ID Number:
- 2214.RB0009
- Collection Number:
- 2214
- File Name:
- 2214RB0009.jpg
- Political Party:
- Republican
- Work Type:
- textiles (visual works)
costume by form
badges
portraits
photographs
Buttons (Information artifacts) - Materials/Techniques:
- Satin
Metal
Celluloid
Gelatin silver print - Subject:
- Badges
Portraits
Buttons (information artifacts)
Blaine, James Gillespie
Politics
Promotional materials
Portraits
Busts - Measurement:
- 12.065 x 6.985 (Ribbon) (centimeters)
- Description:
- Celluloid portrait button of James G. Blaine with attached satin ribbons. This appears to be a portrait of Blaine as an older man, perhaps dating the item to the 1888 or 1892 Presidential campaigns
it may also be a memorial item. Item donor Susan H. Douglas displayed this ribbon with Blaine ribbon 2214.RB0005. - Cite As:
- Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection, #2214. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- This digital collection and its contents are owned and operated by the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library. Digital reproductions are provided for private study, scholarship and research use only and may not be downloaded for use in electronic or print publications (including web sites), exhibitions, or broadcasts, without permission. There are no known U.S. copyright restrictions on this image. The digital file is owned by the Cornell University Library which is making it freely available with the request that, when possible, the Library be credited as its source.