Our choice, Grover Cleveland, A.G. Thurman. Democratic nominees
Black-and-white lithograph. Uncle Sam stands between shield portraits of Cleveland and Thurman under crossed flags and roosters; at left a portrait of Thomas Jefferson tops a plank list headed "What we stand by" ("Tariff revision. War taxes must cease. No treasury surplus. Equal rights to all men. Labor protection."); at right are ships and a locomotive. Uncle Sam and Jefferson lend prestige (transfer), and the list selects a set of planks to present the ticket (card-stacking).
- Date
- June 18, 1888
- Period
- Pre-1914
- Made by
- Kurz & Allison, Chicago (art publishers)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Issuer type
- Corporation
- Regime
- Cleveland Administration
- Leader
- Grover Cleveland
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Event
- 1888 US Election
- Techniques
- TransferCard stacking
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Library of Congress, retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain by age (published 1888); LOC rights advisory: No known restrictions on publication
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C.
Text on the object
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES / FOR PRESIDENT / FOR VICE PRESIDENT / WHAT WE STAND BY. / TARIFF REVISION. / WAR TAXES MUST CEASE. / NO TREASURY SURPLUS. / TAXES SUFFICIENT FOR GOVERNMENT EXPENSES ONLY. / EQUAL RIGHTS TO ALL MEN. / LABOR PROTECTION. / FROM MAJORITY RULE--NO APPEAL. / A JEALOUS CARE FOR THE PUBLIC EXPENSES. / [illegible] / NO RINGS OR [illegible] / HONEST PAYMENT OF OUR PUBLIC DEBTS / PRESERVATION [illegible] / GROVER CLEVELAND / OUR CHOICE / A. G. THURMAN. / COPYRIGHTED 1888 BY KURZ & ALLISON, ART PUBLISHERS, 76 & 78 WABASH AVE., CHICAGO, ILL.
Several lines of the sloping list are too small to read with confidence and are marked [illegible] or given as far as legible.
