Campaign flag banner, "For President Abram Lincoln. For Vice President Hannibal Hamlin" (H. C. Howard, 1860)
Large campaign banner printed as a 33-star American flag on cloth, with an oval bust of a beardless Lincoln in the blue canton and the ticket lettered across the stripes. Tell for transfer: the national flag itself is the carrier, so the prestige of the flag is lent to one party ticket. Lincoln's first name is printed "Abram".
- Date
- 1860
- Period
- Pre-1914
- Made by
- H. C. Howard, Philadelphia (printer), for the Republican Lincoln-Hamlin ticket
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Signs and banners
- Issuer type
- Media
- Regime
- Buchanan Administration
- Leader
- James Buchanan
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Event
- 1860 US Election
- Techniques
- Transfer
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division (Popular Graphic Arts), retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain: published 1860, US. LOC reuse note: "No known restrictions on publication."
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Campaign flag banner, "For President Abram Lincoln. For Vice President Hannibal Hamlin" (H. C. Howard, 1860)
Text on the object
For President ABRAM LINCOLN. For Vice President HANNIBAL HAMLIN. [small printed line beneath the blue canton, illegible at this resolution]
Handwritten library notes along the lower left edge are not part of the object and are not transcribed.
