Commemorative Hair Comb, Andrew Jackson, 1831
name: label: associated person
content: Jackson, Andrew
notes: label: Description
content: Carved with national symbols and the images of Andrew Jackson, the Marquis de Lafayette and George Washington, this tortoise shell back comb was presented to President Andrew Jackson in 1831. Jackson served two terms as president, having been elected first in 1828 when Jackson, running as a Democrat, faced off against incumbent president John Quincy Adams, who ran as a National Republican.
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content: Political History: Political History, Presidential History Collection
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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: Mrs. Moncure Burke
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.042325
label: catalog number
content: 42325
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Comb
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 23.9 cm x 20.9 cm; 9 13/32 in x 8 7/32 in