National Union Ticket Poster

USA c. 1950s

25 x 19 in (64 x 48 cm)

ID #FF19D-PK13-Q-LZ

"NATIONAL UNION TICKET / FOR PRESIDENT, / ABRAHAM LINCOLN / FOR VICE PRESIDENT, / ANDREW JOHNSON / BE CAREFUL AND EXAMINE YOUR TICKETS. "

Poster of the National Union Party ticket for the 1864 United States presidential election, for president Abraham Lincoln and vice president Andrew Johnson. The National Union Party (now known as the Republican party) ticket soundly defeated the Democratic ticket for president George B. McClellan and vice president George H. Pendleton. Poster features a color drawing of the American flag accompanied by lyrics to "The Battle Cry of Freedom", a patriotic song modified for the Union campaign.

Printer: King & Baird

Condition: Please note creasing and vertical fold line.

Material: Paper

100-250 1860s civil war democrat election johnson lincoln national union party nationalism patriotic political poster president propaganda size-25-x-19 usa vintage poster