Cornell University Library Digital Collections
President McKinley Portrait Paper Weight, ca. 1897-1901
- Title:
- President McKinley Portrait Paper Weight, ca. 1897-1901
- Collection:
- Political Americana
- Political Figure:
- McKinley, William, American (1843-1901), President
- Date:
- ca. 1897-1901
- Election Date:
- 1896
- ID Number:
- 2214.BB0134
- Collection Number:
- 2214
- File Name:
- 2214BB0134.jpg
- Political Party:
- Republican
- Work Type:
- decorative art (art genre)
glassware
paperweights
portraits
photographs
- Materials/Techniques:
- Glass
Casting
Painting (coating)
Albumen print
- Subject:
- Glassware
Paperweights
Portraits
McKinley, William
Portraits
Busts
Politics
Promotional materials
- Measurement:
- 13.97 (Paperweight) (centimeters, diameter)
- Description:
- Seven-pointed glass paperweight with violets painted within each point. Photograph of McKinley is affixed to the bottom of the glass weight.
- Cite As:
- Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection, #2214. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- This digital collection and its contents are owned and operated by the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library. Digital reproductions are provided for private study, scholarship and research use only and may not be downloaded for use in electronic or print publications (including web sites), exhibitions, or broadcasts, without permission. There are no known U.S. copyright restrictions on this image. The digital file is owned by the Cornell University Library which is making it freely available with the request that, when possible, the Library be credited as its source.
