'This log cabin was the first building erected on the North Bend', Whig print by T. Sinclair, 1840
Harrison in civilian dress greets a one-legged veteran outside a log cabin with a 'HARRISON & TYLER' flag, coonskin and two hard-cider barrels; a farmer ploughs behind. Tells: the plain-living props (cabin, cider, plough) are plain-folks; the 'HARRISON & TYLER' flag with a liberty cap on its staff and the printed caption that calls the wounded man a comrade met after 'his celebrated Victory at Tippecanoe' lend the cabin the prestige of that victory (transfer).
- Date
- 1840
- Period
- Pre-1914
- Made by
- Whig campaign for William Henry Harrison; lithographed and published by Thomas Sinclair, Philadelphia
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Issuer type
- Media
- Regime
- Van Buren Administration
- Leader
- Martin van Buren
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Event
- 1840 US Election
- Techniques
- Plain folksTransfer
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain: published 1840, US; LOC: "No known restrictions on publication."
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-5550. LOC rights: "No known restrictions on publication."
Text on the object
[Flag:] HARRISON & TYLER [Barrels:] HARD CIDER This Log Cabin was the first building erected on the North Bend of the beautiful Ohio River, with the barrel of Cider outside and the door always open to the traveller. The wounded Soldier is one of Gen. Harrison's comrades, meeting him after his celebrated Victory at Tippecanoe and not only does the brave old Hero give his comrade a hearty welcome, but his dog recognizes him as an old acquaintance, and repeats the welcome by a cordial and significant shake of his tail! If the lookeron will only watch close enough he can see the tail absolutely shake in the picture, particularly in a clear day; and if it is held due East and West, so as to feel the power of the magnetic attraction from the Great West. Lith.& Published by T. Sinclair, N° 79 S. Third St. Phil[a]
Read from the 1536 x 1177 px LOC master. Caption lines joined (originally four lines; 'wound-/ed' joined). 'lookeron' as it appears (LOC: 'looker-on'). Barrel lettering is partly hidden. The imprint's last word is abbreviated and partly illegible. Library accession marks at lower left omitted.
