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NJ Historical Society medal - George Washington
New Jersey Historical Society Medal
A heavy gray metal (silver or silver plated) and copper plaque from the city of Glenwood Springs, Colorado presented to Benjamin Harrison. The edge of the metal plaque has a fancy boarder and the corners are notched. In the center in copper (on top of base metal);
Glenwood Springs Colorado Plaque
Campaign Harmonica
wooden campaign ax
Wooden Ax
Framed Certificate New York Marine Society in wooden frame. Embellishments on frame: eagle at top center, rope knot in upper left corner, anchor and rope in lower right corner, bust of George Washington with leaf and berry design around Washington. Inner frame wooded frame is gold leaf and a shell in upper right and lighthouse on lower left. The outside edge of the frame is rope painted and linked chain design on inner part of outer frame. 9
New York Marine Society
70th Indiana at Harrison Inauguration 1889
70th Indiana Photograph
1892 Campaign Rattler for President Benjamin Harrison and Vice Presidential candidate Whitelaw Reid. The side of the rattler in this image shows the quote,
Rattler
Campaign Top Hat 1892
1888 Campaign Top Hat
Jumeau doll is 16” tall with original satin dress, leather shoes, earrings, and hat. Her body is molded body with a bisque head. Head marked
Doll
A brown box that has the appearance of being made from snakeskin; box opens up and medals swing out to prop the top up as a display case; two medals inside-one is intended for the President of the United States of America and the other is intended for the President of the United States of Mexico. Marked:
Pan Am Medals
Crazy quilt with one side made of Centennial print fabric with images of George Washington and Benjamin Harrison and the dates 1789 and 1889. The patterning has light american flag imagery with a seemingly random polygonal pattern with all kinds of colors in the center.
Crazy Quilt
Full figure of a man in sailors uniform with hat. Figure has right hand on hip and left hand at side. Base has inscription
Statue of Riggin
Hand carved picture on 1.5
Wooden Plaque
Centennial walking stick, contains hand carved images (head and shoulders in relief) of all the Presidents from Washington to Benjamin Harrison with name below each. They are on both sides of the cane coming down to Harrison. Wood is white pine and stained. The carved handle is an animal head design. Three of the president's names are misspelled: Madison, Hayes, and Arthur.
Centennial Walking Stick
History of the Centennial Celebration of Inauguration of George Washington, as First President of the United States. Edited by Clarence Winthrop Bowen. Letter from Cornelius Bliss, Publication Committee, asking President Harrison to accept volume as an heirloom, was enclosed in book.
History of the Centennial Celebration of Inaugural of George Washington
Harper's Weekly 1888
Map of the United States in 1981 with trip route marked in thin red line. Also marked are railroards, and rivers. Map is from the booklet:
1891 Train Trip Map
A trip itinerary for the President during his tour of the Pacific Coast; has specific departure and arrival times for the days between Tuesday, April 14th, 1891 to May 18th, 1891; also contains the distance between stations and population of those areas; the back cover contains a fold-out map of the United States with trip route; writing on the front cover is in gold with the US seal in gold at the top; all writing inside is in black ink except for the print of different dates which are in red ink; bound together by a piece of white twine; top, right-hand corner dirty; several dirt spots on back side. On front cover:
1891 Train Trip Itinerary
Poster headed with the text,
President Harrison and his Cabinet
Top center
Puck Cartoon

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