Banner

Object Name:: Banner
Object ID:: 1968.012
Place of Origin:: United States
Date:: 1868
Description:: Campaign banner. Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) and Schuyler Colfax (1823-1885), 1868 presidential campaign. Block printed with pigment in flag pattern on glazed plain-weave cotton. One-sided print. Canton, 10.3" x 11.75", in upper left corner with 36 1.25" stars circling black and white jugate portraits of the candidates; "GRANT "(left facing) / & "COLFAX." (right facing); on a blue field . "Design Patented" printed under portraits. Thirteen 1" horizontal stripes, seven red and six white. A fragment of a selvedge edge visible on the hoist end. Four raw edges.
Material:: Textile
Cotton
Dimensions:: W-29.25 L-19.5 inches
Provenance:: Donated to Dartmouth College by Channing H. Cox. Donation forwarded to the New Hampshire Historical Society by Edward C. Latham, Dartmouth College Library.
Credit Line:: Gift of Channing H. Cox
People:: Grant, Ulysses S. (1822-1885), Colfax, Schuyler (1823-1885), Cox, Channing H. (1879-1968), Latham, Edward C. (1913-2009)
Subjects:: Presidential elections, Presidential candidates, Presidents, Stars, Stripes, Campaign flags, Flags, Textiles, Textiles block printed, Political campaigns, Political candidates, Politicians, Presidential candidates, Presidents, Presidential elections, Vice presidents, Cotton