Playing Cards, Grover Cleveland, 1988
date: label: date made
content: c. 1884
name: label: associated person
content: Cleveland, Grover
label: depicted (sitter)
content: Cleveland, Frances Folsom
label: depicted (sitter)
content: Thurman, Allen G.
notes: label: Description
content: These cards are from a deck which promoted the 1888 re-election campaign of Grover Cleveland, the Democratic nominee for president. Cleveland is featured as each of the four kings. First Lady Frances Folsom Cleveland is shown as the queen in each suit. The jacks are Senator Allen Thurman of Ohio, Cleveland's vice presidential running mate. The joker features a rooster, a popular symbol of the Democratic party after 1840. Such cards were a common way of merchandizing during elections, representing profitable sales items for manufacturers, and easy ways of declaring political interest and allegiance by Americans.
label: Description
content: Cleveland lost his re-election bid to the Republic nominee, Benjamin Harrison, former senator from Indiana. Cleveland returned the favor, defeating Harrison in his re-election run in 1892.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: used
content: Political Campaigns
label: used
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Paul Beckwith
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.126106
label: accession number
content: 21245
label: catalog number
content: 126106
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cards
label: Object Name
content: Card deck
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in; 8.89 cm x 6.35 cm