Grant-Colfax Campaign Items, ca. 1868
- Title:
- Grant-Colfax Campaign Items, ca. 1868
- Collection:
- Political Americana
- Political Figure:
- Grant, Ulysses S. (1822-1885), American (1822-1885), Presidential Candidate
Colfax, Schuyler, American (1823-1885), Vice-Presidential Candidate
- Date:
- ca. 1868
- Election Date:
- 1868
- ID Number:
- 2214.TK0032
- Collection Number:
- 2214
- File Name:
- 2214TK0032.jpg
- Political Party:
- Republican
- Work Type:
- costume by form
portraits
photographs
badges
textiles (visual works)
metalwork (visual works)
Pins (Jewelry)
Buttons (Fasteners)
Pendants (Jewelry) - Materials/Techniques:
- Metal
Casting
Tintype
Albumen print
Thermoplastic
Enamel
Ribbon
Striking (metalworking)
Stamping (forming) - Subject:
- Pins (jewelry)
Portraits
Buttons (fasteners)
Pendants (Jewelry)
Badges
Grant, Ulysses S. (1822-1885)
Colfax, Schuyler
Politics
Promotional materials
Portraits
Busts
Profile portraits
Symbols
Animals
Eagles
Stars
American flags
Generals
Uniforms
American Civil War
Flowers
Wreaths
Merchandise
Birds - Measurement:
- 30.48 x 20.32 (Mount) (centimeters)
- Description:
- Assemblage contains a variety of ferrotype, albumen print, and metal portrait items. Center of mount contains a display card with ten identical U.S. Grant ferrotype portrait pins. Dark brown button in the upper left corner is made of cast thermoplastic. Donor Susan H. Douglas associates these items with the 1868 Presidential campaign. 2214.TK0034 consists of a similar display card with ten Horatio Seymour ferrotype portrait pins.
- Cite As:
- Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection, #2214. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Relationships:
- Related to "Display Card with Seymour Ferrotype Portrait Pins, ca. 1868"
- 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.