Hairbrush with likeness of William Henry Harrison
name: label: associated person
content: Harrison, William Henry
notes: label: Description
content: William Henry Harrison’s 1840 campaign for presidency broke new ground, not just by exciting an unprecedented number of new voters, but by finding ways to enter the personal lives of Americans. By producing untold numbers of household objects with campaign appeals on them – like this brush bearing Harrison’s portrait – the Whig Party managed the blur the lines between a political campaign and an intimate appeal to Americans in their daily lives. The campaign helped Harrison defeat Martin Van Buren.
topic: label: used
content: Political Campaigns
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content: Political History: Political History, Presidential History 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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2015.0200.008
label: accession number
content: 2015.0200
label: catalog number
content: 2015.0200.008
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Brush, Flowers & Harrison 1840
label: Object Name
content: hairbrush
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall handle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 in x 2 3/4 in; 35.56 cm x 6.985 cm