Object Details
- Description
- More so than the distinguishing marks of party symbols or candidate portraits, color helped observers identify party ballots as they were cast—and who cast them. Voting was still not entirely secret. The parties printed and distributed paper ballots cut from sheets. Virginia’s Union Party issued a pink paper ticket in 1860.
- Credit Line
- Ralph E. Becker Collection of Political Americana
- associated date
- 1860 11 06
- ID Number
- PL.227739.1860.T14
- catalog number
- 227739.1860.T14
- accession number
- 227739
- Object Name
- Ballot
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- buff, black (overall color)
- Measurements
- overall: 5 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in; 13.97 cm x 6.35 cm
- associated place
- United States: Virginia
- See more items in
- Political History: Political History, Campaign Collection
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
- Exhibition
- American Democracy
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- general subject association
- Political Campaigns
- used
- Voting
- Record ID
- nmah_520214
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a3-524b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
