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title: Proof for a flag campaign banner for John C. Breckinridge and Joseph Lane (H. C. Howard, 1860)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/breckinridge-lane-flag-banner-proof-howard-1860/
description: 'Paper proof of a campaign flag: a 33-star American flag pattern printed in reverse, with a vertical overprinted line describing the full banner as…'
section: Collection
---

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# Proof for a flag campaign banner for John C. Breckinridge and Joseph Lane (H. C. Howard, 1860)

Paper proof of a campaign flag: a 33-star American flag pattern printed in reverse, with a vertical overprinted line describing the full banner as carrying a portrait of Breckinridge and the names of the ticket. The visible object has no portrait. Tell for transfer: the national flag is the vehicle for one party ticket.

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
An American Flag with Portrait of John C. Breckenridge, encircl-
ed by 33 Stars in a Blue Field, bearing the names—President,
John C. Breckenridge; Vice President, Gen. Jos. Lane.
```

The text is printed vertically. Handwritten pencil and ink notes in the lower left are not part of the object and are not transcribed.

[← "The Union, the Constitution and the enforcement of the laws. For President, John Bell of Tennessee. For Vice President, Edward Everett of Massachusetts" (W. H. Rease, 1860)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/bell-everett-rease-union-constitution-1860/) ["The undecided political prize fight" (anonymous, 1860) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/breckinridge-undecided-political-prize-fight-1860/)

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