The People's Candidate - Campaign banner for 1848 USA Presidential Election featuring Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore

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Campaign banner for Whig presidential and vice presidential nominees for 1848, Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore. Bust portraits of the two candidates, Taylor in uniform on the left and Fillmore on the right, are framed with acanthus wreaths, and set side-by-side against a dressed stone wall on which are incised three stars. The candidates are turned slightly toward each other and appear against a sky background. Taylor and Fillmore were nominated on June 9, 1848, and this print probably appeared soon thereafter. Although Taylor is here titled the "People's Candidate for President," Fillmore is merely called the "Whig Candidate."

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Size: 5382px × 3853px
Photo credit: © Niday Picture Library / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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