Bismarck for Silver
date: label: associated date
content: 1896
name: label: associated person
content: Bismarck, Otto Furst von
notes: label: Description
content: A poster with a black and white drawing of Prince Bismark. Otto von Bismark unified German in 1871. Bimetalism is "the system of allowing the unrestricted currency of two metals, for example gold and silver, as legal tender at af ixed ration to each other." Bitmetalism was popular in the early and late 1800s. 1896 Democratic candidate William Jennings Bryan was an advocate of bimetalism whereas Republican candidate William McKinley was an advocate of the gold standard.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: Germany
topic: label: general subject association
content: Economics
label: related event
content: Presidential Campaign of 1896
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content: Political History: Political History, Campaign Collection
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content: Coins, Currency and Medals
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content: Princeton Posters
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Ralph E Becker Collection of Political Americana
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.227739.1896.F06
label: catalog number
content: 227739.1896.F06
objectType: label: Object Name
content: broadside
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 22 in x 16 in; 55.88 cm x 40.64 cm