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Lot 555
[POLITICS]. Benjamin Harrison presidential campaign uniform and 44-star campaign flag. 1892.
Sale 2057 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography
Oct 25, 2024 10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati

Estimate
$1,500 - 2,500
Lot Description
[POLITICS]. Benjamin Harrison presidential campaign uniform and 44-star campaign flag. 1892.

The cotton duck jacket with double row of brass "Republican Club" buttons, striped red, white and blue twill belt with stamped brass tone buckle with American eagle, together with a pair of canvas spats and two canvas and leather Kepi form caps (one cap from earlier 1888 campaign).

[With:] Printed silk flag overprinted with Harrison's portrait, signature and date "1892."

Provenance:
The uniform was purportedly worn by a member of the Lancaster City Republican Club while marching in Harrison campaign torch light parades;
The collection of Jeffrey Kenneth Kohn, MD.
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