Kerchief

1892

Place madeWest Warwick, Rhode Island, United States, North America

Cotton

Overall: 20 x 21 in. ( 50.8 x 53.3 cm )

Gift of Bella C. Landauer

1944.216

Benjamin Harrison of Indiana was the grandson of President William Henry Harrison. He was elected president in 1888, defeating Grover Cleveland, but was defeated by Cleveland in 1892. Whitelaw Reid of New York, the editor of the "New York Tribune," and U.S. Minister to France, was an unsuccessful candidate for Vice-President in 1892.

DescriptionCotton copperplate-printed campaign kerchief with portraits of Benjamin Harrison and Whitelaw Reid in medallions with American bald eagle armorials above and below; printed in sepia and light-blue ink on a white ground; decorative border.

MarkingsPrinted below portraits: "BENJAMIN HARRISON / REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT / WHITELAW REID / REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR VICE-PRESIDENT"; printed on armorials: "THE * UNION * AND * THE / CONSTITUTION * FOREVER"

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