Political, Exposition, and Ceremonial Ribbons
Date1850-1900
MediumSilk ribbons in frame
DimensionsFrame (height x width): 30 1/2 × 24 1/2in. (77.5 × 62.2cm)
Credit LineGift of John K. Rudd
DescriptionCollage of 40 ribbons, many of them from the 1880s. They include two Wide Awakes ribbons, several reunions of regiments that served in the Civil War, the 1881 Cotton Expo (held in Atlanta, GA), and several political ribbons (two for the 1888 Republican National Convention in Chicago, one for William Henry Harrison, and one for Benjamin Harrison and Levi Morton).
Object number1996.32.2
Subject Terms
On View
Not on viewabout 1880
1860-1870
about 1885-1888
about 1860-1865
about 1867-1871