Ferrotype Medalette Collection, 1860
date: label: associated date
content: 1860
name: label: associated person
content: Lincoln, Abraham
notes: label: Description
content: Thirteen-year-old Goodwin Palmer documented the election of 1860 with a collection of four ferrotype medalettes picturing that year’s presidential candidates, each attached by thread to a piece of card stock. Abraham Lincoln won a plurality of the popular vote in the four-way race, followed by Stephen A. Douglas, John C. Breckinridge, and John Bell.
topic: label: general subject association
content: Political Campaigns
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: American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
label: Exhibition
content: American Democracy
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Ralph E Becker Collection of Political Americana
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.227739.1860.X02
label: catalog number
content: 227739.1860.X02
label: accession number
content: 227739
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Medalettes, Set of
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper, metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 3/4 in x 9 in; 14.605 cm x 22.86 cm