Child's Parade Cape, 1860
notes: label: Description
content: Even though children and adolescents could not vote, they participated in the presidential campaign by attending the public events that their parents and other adults did, often wearing clothing and hats made especially for them.
topic: label: general subject association
content: Political Campaigns
label: used
content: Parades
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.227739.1860.C02
label: accession number
content: 227739
label: catalog number
content: 227739.1860.C02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Cape, parade costume, oil cloth
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: oilcloth (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall flat: 24 1/2 in x 36 in; 62.23 cm x 91.44 cm