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English: United States Democratic presidential ticket, 1864. Print shows a campaign banner, almost identical to the "Grand National Union Banner" (no. 1864-13) except for the inclusion of portraits of Democratic candidates George B. McClellan and George H. Pendleton, two additional flags above the portraits, and a vignette below of a busy harbor near a shore crowded with signs of prosperity, including factories, a locomotive, and a hay-wain. Also introduced in this version are clasped hands below the portraits. 1 print on wove paper : lithograph with watercolor ; image 32.5 x 22.6 cm. Candidates were selected at the 1864 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
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Currier and Ives    wikidata:Q1144898
 
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Currier & Ives
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 printmaking firm founded by Nathaniel Currier (1813–1888) and James Merritt Ives (1824–1895).
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George Brinton McClellan

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