Collection Highlights
Architect's Sign
ca. 1837
1953.197
Wood
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Cotton Textile
Title
Cotton Textile
Object name
Kerchief
Date
1896
Medium
Cotton
Dimensions
Overall: 37 x 23 3/4 in. ( 94 x 60.3 cm )
Description
Cotton screen-printed 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.
Credit Line
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number
1936.803
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/ CHAMPION/COPYRIGHT 1896/BY / ALBERT H. HENDERSON"
Gallery Label
This kerchief was made for the Presidential campaign of 1896.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
