Seymour-Blair Campaign Items
- Title:
- Seymour-Blair Campaign Items
- Collection:
- Political Americana
- Medalist:
- Key, W.H.
Jacobus, Peter
- Political Figure:
- Seymour, Horatio, American (1810-1886), Presidential Candidate
Blair, Frank P., American (1821-1875), Vice-Presidential Candidate
Buchanan, James, American (1791-1868), President
- Date:
- ca. 1868
- Election Date:
- 1868
- ID Number:
- 2214.TK0035a
- Collection Number:
- 2214
- File Name:
- 2214TK0035a_001.jpg
- Political Party:
- Democratic
- Culture:
- American
- Work Type:
- costume by form
photographs
portraits
metalwork (visual works)
ephemera (general object genre)
clippings (information artifacts)
medals
Pendants (Jewelry)
Studs (Buttons) - Materials/Techniques:
- Copper alloy
Casting
Plating (metal coating)
Tintype
Halftone
Striking (stamping) - Subject:
- Portraits
Pendants (Jewelry)
Studs (Buttons)
Clippings
Medals
Seymour, Horatio
Blair, Frank P.
Promotional materials
Politics
Buchanan, James (1791-1868)
Treason
Draft Riot, New York, New York, 1863
Democratic Party
Scrolls (motifs)
Portraits
Busts
Group portraits
Profile portraits
Stars
Constitution of the United States
Unity
Northern states (U.S.)
Southern states (U.S.)
Race (concept)
Race relations
Freedom
Wreaths
Monetary policy
Equality before the law
American Civil War
Taxes - Measurement:
- 20.32 x 30.48 (Mount) (centimeters)
- Description:
- Assemblage contains a variety of medals and pendants, two ferrotype portrait lapel studs, and 20th century halftone reproductions of a Seymour portrait and a Seymour-Blair campaign ribbon. Note the anti-Seymour medal accusing him of being THE ORIGINATOR / OF THE RIOTS / IN NEW YORK in 1863 and the pendant made by Peter Jacobus with obverse reading WHITE MEN TO RULE, / THE / RESTORATION / OF / CONSTITUTIONAL LIBERTY.
- 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.