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Coolidge-Dawes Lincoln Tour campaign truck photograph
In 1924, Republican presidential candidate Calvin Coolidge organized The Lincoln Tour, a 56-day, cross-country road rally of 100,000 automobiles that was designed to be a continuous political parade along the Lincoln Highway, the first transcontinental road for automobiles in the country. This is a photograph of a truck from the Calvin Coolidge and Charles Dawes campaign's Lincoln Tour.
John B. Hutton ticket to Roosevelt-Garner inaugural ceremonies
John B. Hutton was a lawyer in Dover and former Deputy Attorney General for the state of Delaware who served as one of the presidential electors for the state after the 1932 presidential election. This item is Hutton's ticket to the 1933 inaugural ceremonies for President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Vice President John Nance Garner.
Andrew Jackson autograph signature
The autograph signature of Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), who was the seventh President of the United States, is affixed to a slip of paper cut from a document.
Abraham Lincoln collection
The Abraham Lincoln collection comprises a variety of Lincolniana - including Civil War era newspapers, art work, sheet music, and realia - collected and assembled by the Lincoln Club of Delaware.
Mars of Asheville Nixon campaign paper dress
One paper dress produced by Waste Basket Boutique by Mars of Asheville. The dress has "Nixon" printed several times in red along with blue stars.
Matlack family letters to Samuel J. Matlack
This collection consists of seventeen letters written by members of the Matlack family in Philadelphia to Samuel J. Matlack while he was serving in the Union Navy aboard the USSWissahickon, a gunboat in the blockading squadron off the coast of South Carolina, during the American Civil War, from 1862-1865.
Littleton and Jane Mitchell papers
L. Eudora Pettigrew papers
Marj Skinker album of Republican women's Voteswagon tour
Richard H. Stewart collection of Abraham Lincoln material
The Richard H. Stewart collection of Abraham Lincoln material comprises artifacts, prints, postcards, stamps, coins, clippings, publications, notes and research, and an 1861 appointment signed by Lincoln. The collection documents the nation’s mourning of Lincoln through contemporary and commemorative ephemera, artifacts, and prints and reflects the collecting and research pursuits of native Delawarean, University of Delaware alumnus, and DuPont executive Richard H. Stewart (1936-2013).
Gregory Wilson collection of American political ephemera
Gregory C. Wilson is a collector and dealer of antiquarian items. The Gregory Wilson collection of American political ephemera spans nearly two centuries of primarily United States presidential politics and election. The collection includes campaign buttons and pins, a wide array of political artifacts, and paper ephemera.