Campaign Banner, Belfast, Maine, 1860
date: label: date made
content: 1860
name: label: associated person
content: Hamlin, Hannibal
label: associated person
content: Lincoln, Abraham
notes: label: Description
content: Throughout the North, Abraham Lincoln supporters organized grand campaign parades in small towns and large cities. This hand-painted cotton banner, approximately 47 1/2 inches high and 35 inches wide, was typical of the hundreds of banners produced by local Republican clubs to support Lincoln’s candidacy for the president.
label: Description
content: Gift of George L. and Mary E. Compton, 1980
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: used
content: Elections
label: Subject
content: Political Campaigns
label: related event
content: Presidential Campaign of 1860
setName: label: See more items in
content: Political History: Political History, Campaign Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: Selections from the Abraham Lincoln Collection
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Rubenstein, Harry R.. Abraham Lincoln: An Extraordinary Life
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: George L. and Mary E. Compton
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0482.12
label: accession number
content: 1980.0482
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0482.12
objectType: label: Object Name
content: banner
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: red (part color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (part color)
label: Physical Description
content: black (part color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 47 1/2 in x 35 in; 120.65 cm x 88.9 cm