Lincoln Parade Transparency, 1860
name: label: associated person
content: Lincoln, Abraham
notes: label: Description
content: This three-sided transparency was originally illuminated from inside by a small oil lamp and carried in campaign parades.
label: Description
content: By the middle of the 1800s, spectacular events became the hallmark of American presidential campaigns, and a highlight of every election was the torchlight parade. Hoping to inspire the most apathetic voter to cast a ballot for their candidate, hundreds if not thousands of marchers in cities across the country brightened the night sky in the evenings leading up to the election. Lincoln supporters organized torchlight parades throughout the North during the 1860 campaign.
label: Description
content: Gift of Mrs. Robert A. Hubbard, 1961
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
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: Selections from the Abraham Lincoln Collection
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Rubenstein, Harry R.. Abraham Lincoln: An Extraordinary Life
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. Robert A. Hubbard
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.238747.01
label: catalog number
content: 238747.01
label: accession number
content: 238747
objectType: label: Object Name
content: transparency
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (frame material)
label: Measurements
content: assembled each side: 27 1/2 in x 27 1/2 in x 21 1/2 in; 69.85 cm x 69.85 cm x 54.61 cm