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Collection:
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Cornell Political Americana Collection
Collection
Cornell Political Americana Collection
Collection
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ID Number:
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2214.BB0095
Accession
2214.BB0095
ID Number
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Title:
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Grant Portrait Match Case, ca. 1868
Display_Title
Grant Portrait Match Case, ca. 1868
Title
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Date Made:
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ca. 1868
Date_Made
ca. 1868
Date Made
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Party:
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Republican
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Election:
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1868
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Item Count:
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1
Total_Components
1
Item Count
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Classification:
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Decorative Arts
Classification
Decorative Arts
Classification
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Object Type:
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Portraits; Cases (Containers)
Description
Portraits; Cases (Containers)
Object Type
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Measurements:
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Match case: 2 1/2 x 1 3/4 in.; 6.35 x 4.445 cm
Display_Measurements
Match case: 2 1/2 x 1 3/4 in.; 6.35 x 4.445 cm
Measurements
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Materials & Techniques:
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Copper alloy; Casting; Plating (Metal Coating)
Materials
Copper alloy; Casting; Plating (Metal Coating)
Materials & Techniques
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Political Figure:
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Grant, Ulysses S. (1822-1885)
Name
Grant, Ulysses S. (1822-1885)
Political Figure
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Biography:
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American, 1822-1885
Brief_Bio
American, 1822-1885
Biography
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Relationship:
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Presidential Candidate
Relationship
Presidential Candidate
Relationship
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Notes:
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Plated copper alloy match case in the shape of a bust of Ulysses S. Grant. Base flips open to allow access to matches; there is a striker on the very bottom of the case. Item donor Susan H. Douglas dates the match case to the 1868 Presidential campaign.
Description
Plated copper alloy match case in the shape of a bust of Ulysses S. Grant. Base flips open to allow access to matches; there is a striker on the very bottom of the case. Item donor Susan H. Douglas dates the match case to the 1868 Presidential campaign.
Notes
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Subjects:
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Grant, Ulysses S. (1822-1885); Politics; Promotional materials; Portraits; Busts; Generals; Uniforms; American Civil War
Subject
Grant, Ulysses S. (1822-1885); Politics; Promotional materials; Portraits; Busts; Generals; Uniforms; American Civil War
Subjects
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Repository:
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Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection, #2214
Rare & Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
Cornell University
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Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection, #2214
Rare & Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
Cornell University
Repository
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Rights:
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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 [link to: http://cidc.library.cornell.edu/political/copyright.htm].
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 [link to: http://cidc.library.cornell.edu/political/copyright.htm]. Rights
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