Public office is a public trust: Democratic campaign banner no. 1
Banner-style sheet, "Democratic campaign banner no. 1", with oval portraits of Cleveland and Thurman under an eagle and two red banners reading "Unnecessary taxation oppresses industry" and "Reduce the tariff on necessaries of life". The eagle and shield are transfer; the banner mottoes are slogans standing in for a schedule (glittering-generalities). It states the Democratic tariff position in two lines and offers no figures.
- Date
- 1888
- Period
- Pre-1914
- Made by
- Hitchcock's Steam Printing and Publishing House, New York
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Corporation
- Regime
- Cleveland Administration
- Leader
- Grover Cleveland
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Event
- 1888 US Election
- Techniques
- Glittering generalitiesTransfer
- 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
PUBLIC OFFICE IS A PUBLIC TRUST / UNNECESSARY TAXATION OPPRESSES INDUSTRY. / REDUCE THE TARIFF ON NECESSARIES OF LIFE. / FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES / GROVER CLEVELAND OF NEW YORK / FOR VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES / ALLEN G. THURMAN OF OHIO / Democratic Campaign Banner No. 1. / PUBLISHED AT HITCHCOCK'S STEAM PRINTING AND PUBLISHING HOUSE, 385 SIXTH AVENUE, NEW YORK.
Colour-scale labels at the margins omitted.
