Cornell University Library Digital Collections
Grant Portrait Badge, ca. 1885
- Title:
- Grant Portrait Badge, ca. 1885
- Collection:
- Political Americana
- Political Figure:
- Grant, Ulysses S., American (1822-1885), President
- Date:
- ca. 1885
- ID Number:
- 2214.RB0112
- Collection Number:
- 2214
- File Name:
- 2214RB0112.jpg
- Political Party:
- Republican
- Work Type:
- textiles (visual works)
costume by form
badges
portraits
photographs
- Materials/Techniques:
- Faille
Cardboard
Albumen print
- Subject:
- Badges
Portraits
Grant, Ulysses S. (1822-1885)
Politics
Commemoratives
Busts
Stars
Mourning
- Measurement:
- 6.6675 x 5.08 (Ribbon) (centimeters)
- Description:
- Item consists of a red, white, and blue faille ribbon with an affixed black cardboard star and albumen print portrait of U.S. Grant. The use of the black star suggests this is a memorial item issued following Grant's death in 1885.
- 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.
