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Ballot Box Campaign Torch

2017.06.0022

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Artifact Identification Ballot Box Campaign Torch   (2017.06.0022)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
    2. :
  2. Ceremonial Artifacts
    3. :
  3. Organizational Objects
    4. ;
  4. Communication Artifacts
    5. :
  5. Documentary Artifacts
    6. :
  6. Memorabilia
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period N/A
Date 1880
Culture American

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Height) 16.5 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 11.7 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) 11 cm
Weight 374 g
Measuring Remarks Under Review
Materials Metal, Glass
Manufacturing Processes N/A

Research Remarks

Description Under Review
Published Description N/A
Bibliography

Sullivan, Edmund M., Collecting Political Americana (Hanover, MA: Christopher Pub., 1991), pp 141-150, esp. 144-146.

Collins, Herbert R., Political Campaign Torches (Wash. DC: Smithsonian Inst., 1964), p. 28.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication The People's Collection, U.S. History and Culture
Reproduction No

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