Democratic presidential ticket 1864b, by Currier and Ives, 1864
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Democratic presidential ticket 1864b

Currier and Ives

1864

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This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID ppmsca.17561. This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still…
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United States Democratic presidential ticket, 1864. Print shows a campaign banner, almost identical to the "Grand National Union Banner" (no. 1864-13) except for the inclusion of portraits of Democratic candidates George B. McClellan and George H. Pendleton, two additional flags above the portraits, and a vignette below of a busy harbor near a shore crowded with signs of prosperity, including factories, a locomotive, and a hay-wain. Also introduced in this version are clasped hands below the portraits. 1 print on wove paper : lithograph with watercolor ; image 32.5 x 22.6 cm. Candidates were selected at the 1864 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.