Collection Highlights
Wedding dress: yellow brocade with lace
1730-50 with several alterations into the 20th century
1949.115a
Silk brocade, needlepoint lace; silk chiffon
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Printed campaign bandana of Cleveland and Thurman
Title
Printed campaign bandana of Cleveland and Thurman
Object name
Kerchief
Date
1888
Medium
Cotton
Dimensions
Overall: 23 x 23 in. ( 58.4 x 58.4 cm )
Description
Cotton copper-engraved presidential campaign kerchief in black, white, and red; portraits of Grover Cleveland and Allen G. Thurman in laurel garlands; in center are two crossed brooms and a pole topped by a rooster; pattern of white squares with red circles inside around edge.
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. Stanley Herzman
Object Number
1976.25
Marks
printed: all over: "OUR CANDIDATES/ 1888/ For President/ Grover Cleaveland/ For Vice President/ Allen G. Thurman. "
Gallery Label
This kerchief was made for the Presidential campaign of 1888. According to Hillary Weiss in "The American Bandanna," "one night at a Democratic rally, vice-presidential nominee Allen Thurman pulled a red bandana from his pocket, complaining it would have been cheaper without the import tariff. He was dubbed 'Old Pockethandkercheif,' ... and the bandanna itself, became the Democrats' 1888 symbol of consumer rights."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
