Collection Highlights
Punch bowl: Landing of Lafayette
1840-1850
1910.24
Earthenware
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Luce Center
Paper lantern with wire frame
Object name
Paper lantern with wire frame
Date
ca. 1888
Medium
Paper, metal, wood, wax
Dimensions
Overall (lantern flat): 23 1/4 x 7 1/8 x 1/2 in. (59.1 x 18.1 x 1.3 cm)
Frame: 27 3/8 x 6 x 3 in. ( 69.5 x 15.2 x 7.6
Description
Elongated almond-shaped buff, rose, pale green, and yellow paper lantern with designs printed in blue, red, and black; souvenir of the 1888 presidential campaign of Benjamin Harrison, with portrait of Harrison printed on one side and portrait of his running mate, Levi P. Morton, printed on the other; wire frame with wooden supports at either end, the lower end with sheet metal cuff to serve as candle holder.
Credit Line
Purchase
Object Number
1962.4ab
Marks
printed: at base of lantern, on each of six sides: "Manufactured by / SPRAGUE & FRENCH, / NORWALK, OHIO. / PATENT APPLIED FOR"
printed: on one side of lantern, above and below image of a log cabin: "PROTECTION. / "We will Support the Interests of America." / 1840. 1888. / Tippecanoe and / Morton too."
Gallery Label
Benjamin Harrison and Levi P. Morton were elected president and vice-president in 1888.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
