Object Details
- associated person
- Lincoln, Abraham
- Description
- This three-sided transparency was originally illuminated from inside by a small oil lamp and carried in campaign parades.
- By the middle of the 1800s, spectacular events became the hallmark of American presidential campaigns, and a highlight of every election was the torchlight parade. Hoping to inspire the most apathetic voter to cast a ballot for their candidate, hundreds if not thousands of marchers in cities across the country brightened the night sky in the evenings leading up to the election. Lincoln supporters organized torchlight parades throughout the North during the 1860 campaign.
- Gift of Mrs. Robert A. Hubbard, 1961
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Mrs. Robert A. Hubbard
- ID Number
- PL.238747.01
- catalog number
- 238747.01
- accession number
- 238747
- Object Name
- transparency
- Physical Description
- fabric (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- wood (frame material)
- Measurements
- assembled each side: 27 1/2 in x 27 1/2 in x 21 1/2 in; 69.85 cm x 69.85 cm x 54.61 cm
- Related Publication
- Rubenstein, Harry R.. Abraham Lincoln: An Extraordinary Life
- See more items in
- Political History: Political History, Campaign Collection
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- Selections from the Abraham Lincoln Collection
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Political Campaigns
- Record ID
- nmah_513759
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a3-33a3-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
