Grand National Whig Banner: Press Onward (Currier, Taylor and Fillmore), 1848
Campaign banner print in the form of a draped cloth banner: oval portraits of Taylor (in uniform) and Fillmore under an eagle on a globe and crossed flags, with scrolls reading 'The People's Choice for President & Vice President from 1849 to 1853' and 'Press Onward'. Tells: the claim of popular choice and forward momentum (bandwagon) and the eagle, flags and stars lent to the ticket (transfer).
- Date
- 1848
- Period
- Pre-1914
- Made by
- N. Currier, New York (lithographer-publisher), for the Whig ticket of Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Issuer type
- Media
- Regime
- Polk Administration
- Leader
- James K. Polk
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Event
- 1848 US Election
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Library of Congress, retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain: published 1848, US; LOC rights statement: "No known restrictions on publication."
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Text on the object
Z. TAYLOR. M. FILLMORE. [left scroll] THE PEOPLE'S / PRESIDENT & / FROM 1849 [right scroll] CHOICE FOR / VICE PRESIDENT / TO 1853. [globe] AMERICA LITH. & PUB. BY N. CURRIER. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1848 by N. Currier, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of N.Y. 152 NASSAU ST. COR. OF SPRUCE N.Y. GRAND, NATIONAL, WHIG BANNER. PRESS ONWARD. 587.
Scroll lines are given left scroll then right scroll; read together they run 'THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE FOR PRESIDENT & VICE PRESIDENT FROM 1849 TO 1853.' Bracketed labels are not printed. The small copyright line is partly hard to read at this size. A handwritten library note ('270.' and the deposit line) is not part of the printed text.
