Torch-Light Procession

Torch-Light Procession

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Description
A broadside advertising a torch lit parade in support of Republican presidential and vice presidential candidates Ulysses Grant and Schuyler Colfax on October 28, 1868.
Location
Currently not on view
Object Name
Broadside
poster
associated date
October 28, 1868
associated person
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson)
Colfax, Schuyler
place made
United States: Massachusetts, Boston
associated place
United States: Massachusetts, Boston
Measurements
overall: 24 1/2 in x 20 in; 62.23 cm x 50.8 cm
ID Number
PL.227739.1868.F03
catalog number
227739.1868.F03
Credit Line
Ralph E Becker Collection of Political Americana
subject
Presidential Candidates
Elections
Democratic Party
Presidential Campaign of 1868
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Political and Military History: Political History, Campaign Collection
Princeton Posters
Data Source
National Museum of American History
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