The Union must and shall be preserved. For President Abraham Lincoln of Illinois. For Vice President Hannibal Hamlin of Maine / lith. by W[illiam] H. Rease, cor. 4th & Chestnut Sts., Philada. – Vintage Print
![The Union must and shall be preserved. For President Abraham Lincoln of Illinois. For Vice President Hannibal Hamlin of Maine / lith. by W[illiam] H. Rease, cor. 4th & Chestnut Sts., Philada., [Philadelphia] : Published by W.H. Rease, Philadelphia, c1860. — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/d7/d7bb569572fd-L.webp)
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The Union must and shall be preserved. For President Abraham Lincoln of Illinois. For Vice President Hannibal Hamlin of Maine / lith. by W[illiam] H. Rease, cor. 4th & Chestnut Sts., Philada. comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The Union must and shall be preserved. For President Abraham Lincoln of Illinois. For Vice President Hannibal Hamlin of Maine / lith. by W[illiam] H. Rease, cor. 4th & Chestnut Sts., Philada.
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Printed in gray-olive and black, this lithograph carries the slogan "The Union must and shall be preserved" above the names of Abraham Lincoln of Illinois and Hannibal Hamlin of Maine, the Republican ticket of 1860. Philadelphia printer William H. Rease issued it as a campaign banner, a common form of election decoration, and he made a similar design for the Bell-Everett ticket of the Constitutional Union party. The Library's impressions of both were deposited for copyright on June 21, 1860, and the banner is tagged as portraying labor and trades, a theme that reflects the Republican effort to appeal to working voters.
| Created / published | [Philadelphia] : Published by W.H. Rease, Philadelphia, c1860. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on wove paper : lithograph printed in grey-olive and black ; image 30.3 x 42.9 cm. |
| Genre | Banners, campaign.Hamlin, Hannibal.Labor and trades, portrayed.Lincoln, Abraham, presidential candidate. |
| Notes | Title from item. Entered ... 1860 by W. H. Rease ... A similar banner was also produced by Rease for the Bell-Everett ticket (no. 1860-18). The Library's impressions of both were deposited for copyright on June 21, 1860. DLC The Lincoln Image |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,630 × 2,530 px · prints to 12 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221469 |
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