---
title: '"Col. Fremont Planting the American Standard" (Baker & Godwin, 1856)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/fremont-planting-standard-1856/
description: Woodcut campaign banner of a fringed, bearded Frémont on a peak, planting the American flag and waving his cap, with an eagle overhead and two men…
section: Collection
---

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# "Col. Fremont Planting the American Standard" (Baker & Godwin, 1856)

Woodcut campaign banner of a fringed, bearded Frémont on a peak, planting the American flag and waving his cap, with an eagle overhead and two men cheering below (LOC's summary describes a trapper or explorer and a man in a wide-brimmed hat). The tell: his exploring-expedition fame is fused with the flag and eagle, so the national symbols are attached to the candidate.

## Text on the object

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

```
COL. FREMONT
PLANTING THE AMERICAN STANDARD ON THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS.

Entered according to Act of Congress, by Baker & Godwin [lower left]
in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York. [lower right]

[Handwritten numerals at upper left, not part of the print.]
```

[← Millard Fillmore campaign banner (Baker & Godwin, 1856)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/fillmore-american-banner-1856/) ["The British Lion's Vengeance on the Bengal Tiger" (Punch, 1857) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/punch-british-lion-bengal-tiger-1857/)

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