Collection Highlights
The Great Fire of 1835: View of New York City Taken from Brooklyn Heights on the Same Evening of the Fire
c. 1835
1935.167
Gouache on heavy paper, laid on Japanese paper, wrapped over board
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Kerchief
Object name
Kerchief
Date
1896
Medium
Cotton
Dimensions
Overall: 27 1/2 x 25 1/4 in. ( 69.8 x 64.1 cm )
Description
Cotton lithographed campaign kerchief of WilliamMcKinley and Garret Hobart; red, white and blue stripes, stars in the red and blue stripes, portraits in center white stripe flanked by U.S. flags and a U.S. shield above; printed in red, blue and yellow on a white ground.
Credit Line
Purchase
Object Number
1952.298
Marks
printed: center: "PROTECTION/ FINANCIAL/ STABILITY/ RECIPROCITY/ FOR PRESIDENT/ WILLIAM Mc.KINLEY/ FOR VICE PRESIDENT/ GARRET A. HOBART"
Gallery Label
This kerchief was made for the 1896 Presidential campaign of William McKinley.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
