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title: Flag campaign banner for Stephen A. Douglas and Herschel V. Johnson (H. C. Howard, 1860)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/douglas-johnson-flag-banner-proof-howard-1860/
description: 'Paper specimen of a campaign flag: a 33-star American flag pattern printed in reverse, with an overprinted line describing the full banner as carrying a…'
section: Collection
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# Flag campaign banner for Stephen A. Douglas and Herschel V. Johnson (H. C. Howard, 1860)

Paper specimen of a campaign flag: a 33-star American flag pattern printed in reverse, with an overprinted line describing the full banner as carrying a portrait of Douglas 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 Stephen A. Douglas, encircled
by 33 Stars in a Blue Field, bearing the names—President,
Stephen A. Douglas; Vice President, Herschel V. Johnson.
```

The handwritten copyright note at the foot is a library or depositor note and is not transcribed.

[← "The undecided political prize fight" (anonymous, 1860)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/breckinridge-undecided-political-prize-fight-1860/) [Campaign envelope: Stephen A. Douglas and H. V. Johnson, with "I stand for the rights of the whole people" (S. Raynor, 1860) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/douglas-johnson-raynor-envelope-1860/)

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