July 14th, 2011
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/14/2011
Garfield memorial broadside, 1p. 6-1/2"x9", with image of the assassinated President at center with title "A MEMENTO OF 1881. DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF OUR HONORED DEAD." with three angels above meeting "The Departed Soul of Our Martyr President." Copyrighted by James Meyer, Jr. Designer 1881. Presented by E.G. Rideout & Co, to every subscriber to the Household Journal. VG. The commercial designer James Meyer created a series of broadsides, such as this one, as memorials to President James A. Garfield who was assassinated in September 1881. A smaller scale print was also commissioned by E.G. Rideout & Company and included in an issue of Household Journal (also called Household Guest Magazine) that same year. This is possibly in response to the fear of a nation-wide panic over two presidents being killed in the short span of 16 years.
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