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Presidential campaign flag

Presidential campaign flag
Title
Presidential campaign flag
Object name 
Campaign flag
Date 
1868
Medium 
Silk
Dimensions 
Overall: 24 x 34 in. ( 61 x 86.4 cm )
Description 
Silk lithographed U.S. campaign flag of the republican candidacy of Ulysses S. Grant for President and Schuyler Colfax for Vice President; canton has 37 stars, arranged in two rings of 13 and 19 stars around one large star in the center and four stars in the corners; portrait of Grant in the center with inscription above and below; printed in black, red, and blue on a white ground.
Credit Line 
Purchase