Garfield-Arthur Campaign Items, ca. 1880
- Title:
- Garfield-Arthur Campaign Items, ca. 1880
- Collection:
- Political Americana
- Political Figure:
- Garfield, James A., American (1831-1881), Presidential Candidate
Arthur, Chester Alan, American (1829-1886), Vice-Presidential Candidate
- Date:
- ca. 1880
- Election Date:
- 1880
- ID Number:
- 2214.TK0046
- Collection Number:
- 2214
- File Name:
- 2214TK0046.jpg
- Political Party:
- Republican
- Work Type:
- costume by form
portraits
photographs
stickpins
Pins (Jewelry)
Buttons (Fasteners)
Pendants (Jewelry) - Materials/Techniques:
- Metal
Casting
Lead
Painting (covering)
Tintype
Stamping (forming) - Subject:
- Portraits
Pins (jewelry)
Buttons (fasteners)
Pendants (Jewelry)
Stickpins
Garfield, James A.
Arthur, Chester Alan
Politics
Promotional materials
Portraits
Busts
Top hats
Symbols
Animals
Eagles
Acorns
American flags
Stars
Pigs
Devils
Tails
Gestures
Hearts (motifs)
Caricatures
Birds - Measurement:
- 10.795 x 13.335 (Mount) (centimeters)
- Description:
- Note particularly the golden Garfield portrait pendant which can be altered to make the candidate thumb his nose and have a forked tail. The three portrait pins contain ferrotype images. The pig pendant is made from cast lead. Trinket assortment 2214.TK0049 contains similar Winfield S. Hancock nose thumbing/tailed pendants.
- Cite As:
- Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection, #2214. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Relationships:
- Related to "Hancock-English Campaign Items, ca. 1880"
- 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.