American Historical Ephemera & Photography

Republican National Convention Guest's Ticket, 2nd Day. (Minor soiling). Stub intact. -- Republican National Convention Guest's Ticket, 4th Day. Stub intact. -- Republican National Convention Alternate's Ticket, 5h Day. Stub removed. -- Together, 3 tickets for the 1888 Chicago Republican National Convention, each Chicago: Western Bank Note Company, 1888, each 5 7/8 x 2 5/8 in. engraved ticket (with stub), each stamped with seating information.

With an engraved image of the Chicago Auditorium Building. The 1888 Republican National Convention nominated Benjamin Harrison and Levi P. Morton, who were successful against Grover Cleveland. Notably, Frederick Douglass was invited to speak at the Convention and became the first African American to have his name put forward for a presidential nomination in a major party's roll call vote, receiving one vote from Kentucky on the fourth ballot. 

[With:] Ten dollar Republican National Committee note receipt. Washington, D.C.: Homer Lee Banknote Company, 1890. 7 3/16 x 3 5/16 in. With a portrait of Lincoln.

[Also with:] Republican National Convention Guest's Ticket, 2nd Day. New York: American Bank Note Co., 1892. 4 3/4 x 2 5/8 in. engraved ticket (light crease, stub removed). With an American eagle with a flag and a view of Minnehaha Falls. The 1892 Convention in Minneapolis nominated Benjamin Harrison for re-election with Whitelaw Reid of New York for vice president.