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title: Tariff reform. Cleveland and Thurman
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/tariff-reform-cleveland-thurman-1888/
description: Colour lithograph for the Democratic ticket. An eagle on a fasces under the headline "Tariff Reform" sits above portraits of Grover Cleveland and Allen…
section: Collection
---

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# Tariff reform. Cleveland and Thurman

Colour lithograph for the Democratic ticket. An eagle on a fasces under the headline "Tariff Reform" sits above portraits of Grover Cleveland and Allen G. Thurman inside a horseshoe lettered "A public office is a public trust", with flags, a shield dated 1888, the Capitol, the Statue of Liberty and crowds of working men. Eagle, flags and Statue of Liberty lend the ticket national symbols (transfer); "Tariff Reform" and the public-trust motto are slogans in place of a stated schedule (glittering-generalities).

## Text on the object

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

```
TARIFF REFORM / A PUBLIC OFFICE IS A PUBLIC TRUST / 1888 / CLEVELAND AND THURMAN / COPYRIGHTED BY SAMUEL NAGLE AND JOHN HERTGEN
```

The copyright line at the foot is small and is read from a low-resolution detail; the surnames are as in the LOC record.

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