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Photograph of 1888 Campaign Ball

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1888H: 5 1/4" W: 4 1/4"1286

Photograph (sepia tone) mounted on heavy board. Images shows 1888 Campaign Ball with D. E. Brockett (designer and builder) standing to the left with other men behind him and to the right side of the ball. There is also a stack of lumber to the back on the right and a shed type building to the left. Below image on board is the following information: "D. E. Brockett, Cumberland, MD. / Designer and Builder" (to the left) and "Wm. B. Holmes, Publisher / 775 Broadway, N. Y." (to the right). Below this in the center: "Harrison and Morton Campaign Ball. / (Copyright 1888.)" and on either side at the bottom: ""Old Allegany in 1840 / Started the ball for Harrison; / In '88 as they did then, / We roll it on for Gallant Ben. / Roll along, Roll away," ? Keep the ball in motion; / The spirit of our men is up / From Rocky Hills to Ocean."

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Photograph (sepia tone) mounted on heavy board. Images shows 1888 Campaign Ball with D. E. Brockett (designer and builder) standing to the left with other men behind him and to the right side of the ball. There is also a stack of lumber to the back on the right and a shed type building to the left. Below image on board is the following information:

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Photograph of crowd in front of Harrison's North Delaware Street home in 1888. Wider view showing crowd in front of Delaware Street home and showing the houses to the north. Brick driveway and sidewalk in foreground.

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Photograph of crowd in front of Harrison's North Delaware Street home in 1888. Benjamin Harrison is standing near the front door slighlty to the left. Image shows the front of the house as it looked in 1888, picket fence at front sidewalk, and crowd of mostly men and young boys. A few women stand behind Harrison at the front door. The crowd is lined up on the rightside of the walk leading to the front door, in the yard to the left, and on the front sidewalk to the left.

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Photograph (sepia tone) mounted on heavy board. Images shows 1888 Campaign Ball with D. E. Brockett (designer and builder) standing to the left with other men behind him and to the right side of the ball. There is also a stack of lumber to the back on the right and a shed type building to the left. Below image on board is the following information:
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