Harrison/Reid Campaign Cigar Box, 1892
name: label: associated person
content: Harrison, Benjamin
notes: label: Description
content: This cigar box shows support for Benjamin Harrison and Whitelaw Reid’s failed 1892 presidential campaign. Reid was a journalist who was often seen as the voice of the Republican party, and campaigned actively for the incumbent president. Politicians were notorious cigar-smokers during these years, and Benjamin Harrison was often seen with a cigar in his hand. Nonetheless, he lost to Grover Cleveland’s Democratic party.
topic: label: used
content: Smoking
label: referenced
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: Ralph E. Becker Collection of Political Americana
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.227739.1892.X06
label: catalog number
content: 227739.1892.X06
label: accession number
content: 227739
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Box, Cigar
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in x 5 in x 3 in; 5.08 cm x 12.7 cm x 7.62 cm