Flask, William McKinley, 1896
name: label: associated person
content: McKinley, William
label: associated person
content: Bryan, William Jennings
notes: label: Description
content: Flasks and bottles promoting presidential candidates first appeared in 1824. They declined in popularity in the 1850s but remerged as campaign items at the end of the nineteenth century. This small glass bottle (just over five inches in height) promoted the 1896 Republican candidate William McKinley with his image on one side and an eagle molded in the glass on the reverse. Similar containers were also made in support of William Jennings Bryan, the Democratic candidate McKinley defeated in 1896 and again in 1900.
topic: label: general subject association
content: Political Campaigns
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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: Ralph E. Becker
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.227739.1896.I03
label: catalog number
content: 227739.1896.I03
label: accession number
content: 227739
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Flask ,McKinley, 1896
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/8 in x 4 in x 1 1/2 in; 13.0175 cm x 10.16 cm x 3.81 cm