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The contest of beauty
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
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| Description | Illustration shows a beauty contest where "First Prize" is the "Presidency". The presidential candidates, all dressed as women, are sitting on raised platforms around which men have gathered to admire their beauty. Two men in the lower left appear to be voting for number "1. The Empire State Enslaver"; among those in the running are "2. The same Old Widow from Beanville, 3. The Mulligan Masher from Maine [holding fan labeled] J. Blaine, 4. The Delaware Darling, 5. The Indiana Dumpling [holding fan labeled] J.E. MDonald, 6. The Homespun Houri of Ohio, 7. The Illinois Pet, 10. Utica Immortelle, 11. The Buffalo Girl, 12. The Indiana 'Sun-Flower' [with ribbon labeled] W.S. Holman, 13. The Nation's Ex-Favorite [holding fan labeled] U.S.G., 14. The Pension Ring Pocahontas [with fan labeled] Logan, 15. The Centennial Spinster Ex-Champion de jure, 16. The Free Trade Fairy [with fan labeled] Hewitt, 17. The Ohio Water Lily Ex-Champion de facto, 18. The Pearl of Protection [with fan labeled] Randall, The Sherman Sisters 19. The Tecumseh Twin, 20. The Treasury Twin, 21. The Virtuous Vermonter [with fan labeled] Edmund, [and] 22. The Fat Fairy". Among those depicted are Chester A. Arthur, Benjamin F. Butler, James G. Blaine, Thomas Bayard, Joseph E. McDonald, Allen G. Thurman, Robert Todd Lincoln, Roscoe Conkling, Grover Cleveland, William Steele Holman, Ulysses S. Grant, John Logan, Samuel J. Tilden, Abram S. Hewitt, Rutherford B. Hayes, Samuel J. Randall, William T. Sherman, John Sherman, George F. Edmunds, and David Davis. |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Miscellaneous Items in High Demand |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Bayard, Thomas F.--(Thomas Francis),--1828-1898. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Tilden, Samuel J.--(Samuel Jones),--1814-1886. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Arthur, Chester Alan,--1829-1886. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Presidential elections--1880-1890. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Sherman, William T.--(William Tecumseh),--1820-1891. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Cross dressing--1880-1890. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Sherman, John,--1823-1900. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Thurman, Allen Granbery,--1813-1895. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Lincoln, Robert Todd,--1843-1926. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Beauty contestants--1880-1890. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Cleveland, Grover,--1837-1908. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Logan, John Alexander,--1826-1886. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Edmunds, George F.--(George Franklin),--1828-1919. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Holman, William Steele,--1822-1897. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Randall, Samuel J.--(Samuel Jackson),--1828-1890. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Grant, Ulysses S.--(Ulysses Simpson),--1822-1885. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | McDonald, Joseph E.--(Joseph Ewing),--1819-1891. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Davis, David,--1815-1886. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Conkling, Roscoe,--1829-1888. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Butler, Benjamin F.--(Benjamin Franklin),--1818-1893. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Blaine, James Gillespie,--1830-1893. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Voting--1880-1890. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Hewitt, Abram S.--(Abram Stevens),--1822-1903. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Hayes, Rutherford B.,--1822-1893. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
