Collection Highlights
Section of water pipe
1800-1840
X.47
Wood, iron
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Paper lantern
Object name
Paper lantern
Date
ca. 1876
Medium
Paper
Dimensions
lantern (flat): 23 3/8 x 7 1/8 x 1/2 in.
Description
Elongated almond-shaped yellow and pale blue paper lantern with designs printed in orange and black; souvenir of the 1876 presidential campaign of Rutherford B. Hayes, with portrait of Hayes printed on one side and portrait of his running mate, William A. Wheeler, printed on the other; wire frame with wooden supports at either end, the lower end with sheet metal cuff to serve as a candle holder.
Credit Line
Purchase
Object Number
1954.55a
Gallery Label
Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican, OH) and William A. Wheeler (Republican, NY) were elected president and vice-president in 1876.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
