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title: '"The Champions of Freedom" Frémont and Dayton banner (Buffalo, 1856)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/fremont-dayton-champions-of-freedom-1856/
description: Lithographed Republican ticket banner with oval portraits of Frémont and Dayton under an eagle, flags and shield, a small Washington medallion between…
section: Collection
---

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# "The Champions of Freedom" Frémont and Dayton banner (Buffalo, 1856)

Lithographed Republican ticket banner with oval portraits of Frémont and Dayton under an eagle, flags and shield, a small Washington medallion between them, and the title "The Champions of Freedom". The tells: "Freedom" stands in for any stated policy, and Washington and the eagle lend national prestige to the ticket.

## Text on the object

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

```
JNo C. FREMONT.   Wm L. DAYTON.
THE CHAMPIONS OF FREEDOM.

On Stone & Published by C. E. Lewis 208 Main St. Buffalo. [lower left]
From a Photograph by [illegible] [centre, small]
Chs. Grebner Printed 208 Main St. Buffalo. [lower right]
[illegible: copyright line in very small type at foot]
```

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