Sale 2455 - Printed & Manuscript Americana, September 28, 2017

228 227 c   (PRESIDENTS—1884 CAM- PAIGN.) Hon. James G. Blaine of Maine / Gen. JohnA. Logan of Illinois. Lithograph on silk, 24 3 / 4 x 28 1 / 4 inches; light folds, minor dampstaining and foxing, a few small red stains. Np, 1884 [600/900] A jugate banner of the Republican Party ticket. Threads of History 506 appears to be an iden- tical design, though it is there described as only 15 inches tall. 228 c   (PRESIDENTS—1892 CAM- PAIGN.) Which Will It Be? The National Republican Convention will be Held at Minneapolis. Illustrated two-color broadside, 16 1 / 4 x 7 1 / 2 inches; horizontal fold, minimal wear. Chicago: Rand, McNally, 1892 [400/600] An advertisement for round-trip railroad service from Chicago for the convention via the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway. Illustrated with portraits of five leading candidates, including the incumbent and eventual nominee Benjamin Harrison (who went on to lose in the general election), William McKinley (whose chance would come in 1896) and Blaine (who had been nominated in 1884). An attractive presentation. No other copies traced. 227