Forensic Research Archive of Manipulation and Exploitation

Collection

For President Grover Cleveland, for Vice-President Adlai E. Stevenson

For President Grover Cleveland, for Vice-President Adlai E. Stevenson

Lithograph poster showing bust portraits of Grover Cleveland and Adlai E. Stevenson either side of an eagle, flag and a scroll quoting "Cleveland's Message 1887" on the cost of necessaries. A shield reads "Tariff Reform" and a chain of links carries phrases such as "Public office is a public trust".

Date
1892
Period
Pre-1914
Made by
Publisher not named in the Library of Congress record (Democratic ticket poster)
Region
North America
Country
United States
Medium
Poster
Issuer type
Mixed
Regime
Harrison Administration
Leader
Benjamin Harrison
Audience
Domestic public
Purpose
Persuade or win support
Theme
Elections and party politics
Event
1892 US Election
Techniques
Glittering generalitiesTransfer
Source
Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
Source
Library of Congress, retrieved October 2, 2026
Rights
Public domain (published 1892)
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

Text on the object

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

FOR PRESIDENT GROVER CLEVELAND
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT ADLAI E. STEVENSON
"The Necessaries of Life used and consumed by all the people, the duty upon which adds to the cost of living in every home, should be greatly cheapened." CLEVELAND'S MESSAGE 1887
TARIFF REFORM

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