The poster craze in candidateville / C.J. Taylor.
Summary
Print shows Uncle Sam strolling through a maze of presidential campaign posters along "Presidential Avenue" being posted by several of the candidates, including William "McKinley on his High Charger 'War-Tariff'", "Levi P. Morton the only Able Guide through the Woods, Years of Experience", William B. Allison "Old Bill Allison, The Farmers Friend", Henry M."Teller Holding up the Ratio 16 to 1", "Samson Davis Carrying Off the Honors 'Monroe Doctrine'", Matthew Quay "If you want a 'Boss Time' try Quay - the Reformed One", and Thomas B. Reed "The only Reed in Continuous Performance - Dancing Lightly on Silver".
Illus. from Puck, v. 39, no. 992, (1896 March 11), centerfold.
Copyright 1896 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.
Alois Senefelder, the inventor of lithography, introduced the subject of colored lithography in 1818. Printers in other countries, such as France and England, were also started producing color prints. The first American chromolithograph—a portrait of Reverend F. W. P. Greenwood—was created by William Sharp in 1840. Chromolithographs became so popular in American culture that the era has been labeled as "chromo civilization". During the Victorian times, chromolithographs populated children's and fine arts publications, as well as advertising art, in trade cards, labels, and posters. They were also used for advertisements, popular prints, and medical or scientific books.
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