Gold-toned campaign pendant with tintype portrait, dated 1860 – Antique Photo Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Gold-toned campaign pendant with tintype portrait, dated 1860, preserved in this historic image. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
Order it framed and ready to hang, or unframed to match a frame you already love. It makes a striking addition to a living room, study or office, and a thoughtful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Gold-toned campaign pendant with tintype portrait, dated 1860
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Few objects from the 1860 election were as personal as this gold-toned pendant, which holds a small tintype portrait in a metal frame so a supporter could carry a candidate close to the heart. Campaign jewelry of this kind often paired likenesses with slogans or emblems, and tintypes were cheap, sturdy, and quick to make, so they spread widely in the years before the Civil War. Pieces like this show how the 1860 race reached into ordinary households, turning a presidential contest into something worn on a chain or kept in a pocket.
| Original scan | 2,718 × 3,326 px · prints to 9 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | L-E-9 |
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