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Currier & Ives [Color print depicting Hannibal Hamlin]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02132.02 Author/Creator: Currier & Ives Place Written: New York, New York Type: Print Date: 1860 Pagination: 1 lithograph : col. ; 45.4 x 34.2 cm. Order a Copy

A caption underneath this print describes Hamlin as the Republican candidate for Vice President of the United States. A red drapery serves as a backdrop for this oval-shaped print. Hamlin served as a U.S. congressman from Maine (1843-1846), U.S. senator (1847-1860 and 1869-1880) and as vice president of the United States (1861-1865). Published by Currier & Ives. Note along the bottom of the image reads "Entered according to act of Congress in the Year 1860, by Currier & Ives, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of N.Y."

Nathaniel Currier operated several printing agencies before becoming business partners with James Merritt Ives. Former names of Currier's printing businesses include Currier & Stodart, and N. Currier, Lithographer. Hamlin served as United States Representative from Maine 1843-1846, Senator 1847-1860 and 1869-1880, and as Vice President of the United States 1861-1865. Hamlin was nominated as the Republican candidate for Vice President May 1860.

Currier & Ives, fl. 1857-1907
Currier, Nathaniel, 1813-1888
Hamlin, Hannibal, 1809-1891
Ives, James Merritt, -1895

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