Banner
- Object Name:
- Banner
- Object ID:
- 1980.004
- Place of Origin:
- United States
- Date:
- 1888
- Description:
- Bunting. Printed cotton 1888 Presidential election campaign. Portrait vignettes of presidential candidate Grover Cleveland and vice-presidential candidate Allen G. Thurman conjoined in vertical ovals. Five repeats of "For President Grover Cleveland; For Vice-President A. G. Thurman"; eagle with "Let the Eagle Scream." on a blue field with stars. Band of five square diamonds with a background of alternating red and white vertical stripes beneath.
Bunting. Roller printed pattern on a cotton plain weave. Complete loom width of 22.25". From the1888 Presidential election campaign. Portrait vignettes of presidential candidate Grover Cleveland and vice-presidential candidate Allen G. Thurman conjoined in vertical ovals. Five 14.75" pattern repeats of "For President Grover Cleveland; For Vice-President A. G. Thurman"; eagle with "Let the Eagle Scream." on a blue field with stars and a diamond shaped bandanna pattern with a background of alternating red and white vertical stripes beneath. Two selvedges (top and bottom), two raw edges (sides). Stitch marks at random points from where bunting was once gathered. - Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Dimensions:
- W-22.5 L-72.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Note from donor states that it came from her "Yankee" grandfather's house in Blacksburg, SC.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Edward R. Burke
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