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Lot 140
Sale 6425 - American Historical Ephemera and Early Photography, including The Larry Ness Collection of Native American Photography
Part I - Lots 1-222
Oct 23, 2025
10:00AM ET
Part II - Lots 223-376
Oct 24, 2025
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$2,400
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[POLITICS]. William Henry Harrison silk campaign bandana. 1840.
23 1/2 x 27 1/2 in. (sight) silk bandana in red, brown, and white, with printed portrait of William Henry Harrison against a red ground at center and legend below, "William Henry Harrison / Commander in Chief of the Northwestern Army During the War of 1821" (misprint for 1812). The white border contains repeating scenes of Harrison plowing his field with horses in front of a log cabin. Eagle and flags are in each corner, with legend, "Harrison and Reform." Framed, 26 1/2 x 30 3/4 in. overall. See Collins, Threads of History, fig. 124, p. 99.
A scarcely encountered bandana issued for William Henry Harrison's 1840 presidential campaign.
Judith S. Musick