AMER AUGUST 2015
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/24/2015
GROUP OF PURPORTED WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON & ABRAHAM LINCOLN PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN BANNERS.1) From the 1840 "Log Cabin" & "Hard Cider" campaign attached to old 22" carved sticks with flattened ends. Pennants made from Osnaburg-type cotton, each measuring about 9" x 14" reading "NORTH, BEND, FARMER." and the other "OLD, VIRGINIA, NEVER, TIRE." William Henry Harrison was the North Bend farmer and his running mate, John Tyler, was from Virginia. 2) Abraham Lincoln campaign banner measuring 4" x 22", made from a cotton blend fabric with machine sewn edges and right edge has fimbration stenciled star & stripe decorations. 3) The banner which is fairly identical to an institutionalized copy in the collection of Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and measures about 17" x 14". The banner is supposed to commemorate the Republican gubernatorial win in 1863 when John Brough received congratulatory telegram from Lincoln "Glory to God in the Highest. Ohio has saved the Union". 4) Red and white cotton campaign is stenciled "A. LINCOLN PRES. / 1860" in a red & white 2-panel machine sewn banner measuring 32" x 17-1/2". SIZE: Frame sizes are: 1) 38" X 26". 2) Frames: 33" x 14-1/2". 3) Frame: 24-1/2" X 21-1/2". 4) Frame: 42-1/2" X 26-1/2". PROVENANCE: From the personal estate collection of John W. Armiger Jr. 1) Heritage Auction Galleries, Lot 38033, June 23, 2013. 2) Heritage Auction Galleries, Lot 47047, November 17, 2010. 3) Ira & Larry Goldberg Auctions, Lot 740, Sale #82, November 14, 2014. CONDITION: Very good overall. this grouping has decorative appeal, but this cataloger cannot authenticate or warranty. Reductions, stains as can be seen in photographs. Not examined out of frames. 49055-14 JS (2,000-4,000)