PRESIDENT BENJAMIN HARRISON ' S WIFE 1888 TRADE CARD FOLDER BROADHEAD DRESS GOODS
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Original 1888 Victorian Trade Card folder showing the wife of Republican President Benjamin Harrison and the wife of Vice-President Levi Morton wife shopping for fabric. As a bonus, the daughter of Benjamin Harrison is also pictured. Her name was Mary Harrison McKee. (She was the mother of a very famous baby of the time: "Baby McKee.") There is a display of the renowned Broadhead Dress Goods. President Harrison won the 1888 election against Grover Cleveland. The reverse side of the car...d advertises the dry goods business of M. W. Rounds. The manufacturer, Broadhead Worsted Mills, was located in Jamestown, New York. The folder measures about 5 and one-half inches wide when open and about 5 and one-half inches tall. Printed by Gies & Co., Buffalo, New York.
The folder is in nice condition. The fold down the middle is strong with no separation. A few minor creases. No tape. No pinholes. Printed on thin paper stock.
The 1888 United States presidential election was the 26th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 6, 1888. Republican nominee Benjamin Harrison, a former Senator from Indiana, defeated incumbent Democratic President Grover Cleveland of New York. It was the third of five U.S. presidential elections in which the winner did not win a plurality of the national popular vote.Cleveland, the first Democratic president since the American Civil War, was unanimously re-nominated at the 1888 Democratic National Convention. He was the first incumbent president to win re-nomination since Grant was nominated to a second term in 1872. Harrison, the grandson of former President William Henry Harrison, emerged as the Republican nominee on the eighth ballot of the 1888 Republican National Convention. He defeated other prominent party leaders such as Senator John Sherman and former Governor Russell Alger.Tariff policy was the principal issue in the election, as Cleveland had proposed a dramatic reduction in tariffs, arguing that high tariffs were unfair to consumers. Harrison took the side of industrialists and factory workers who wanted to keep tariffs high. Cleveland's opposition to Civil War pensions and inflated currency also made enemies among veterans and farmers. On the other hand, he held a strong hand in the South and border states, and appealed to former Republican Mugwumps.Cleveland won a plurality of the popular vote, but Harrison won the election with a majority in the Electoral College. Harrison swept almost the entire North and Midwest, and narrowly carried the swing states of New York and Indiana.
Mary Scott Harrison McKee (née Harrison; April 3, 1858 – October 28, 1930) was the only daughter of President Benjamin Harrison and his wife Caroline Scott Harrison. After her mother died in 1892, McKee served as her father's de facto First Lady for the remainder of his term.Married with children by the time her father was elected as president, Mary and her family lived at the White House during her father's term. She assisted by serving as a hostess. In November 1884, Mary Harrison married James Robert McKee (1857–1942), a native of Madison, Indiana, whom she met in Indianapolis. After her father was elected president in 1888, she and her family lived with her parents in the White House through his term.Traveling frequently to Boston on business, McKee became acquainted with Charles A. Coffin and joined his Thomson-Houston Electric Company. In 1893 McKee became one of the founding generation of the General Electric company when Coffin merged his company with that of Thomas Edison. McKee rose to become a vice-president of the company and worked for GE until 1913.[1]Mary and James McKee had two children, Benjamin Harrison McKee (known as Baby) and Mary Lodge McKee. Their daughter married a Mr. Reisinger.Following her mother's death in October 1892, Mary McKee served as her father's First Lady for the remainder of his term. He was defeated for re-election.Family estrangement[edit]As a widower, her father became romantically involved with his late wife's niece and secretary, the young widow Mary Lord Dimmick. She was 25 years younger than Benjamin Harrison, 27 days younger than Mary Harrison McKee, and was a first cousin of his children. Mary McKee and her brother opposed their father's relationship and remarriage. McKee became estranged from her father, and neither she nor her brother attended the Harrison-Dimmick wedding in 1896.McKee and her father never spoke again. She returned to Indianapolis in his final illness in March 1901, but arrived several hours after his death.Later years[edit]Mary McKee died at the age of 72. She was buried at Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis, Indiana, as her parents were.Her husband survived her, living independently in Greenwich, Connecticut, near their married daughter Mary Lodge Reisinger and her family. According to his note, McKee was despondent because of failing health and required surgery; he committed suicide at age 84 in October 1942.[1]
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FREE SHIPPING. GUARANTEED ORIGINAL ITEM. FREE SHIPPING BY REGULAR MAIL TO U.S.A.DELIVERY TAKES ABOUT 15 DAYS AND SOMETIMES A BIT LONGER DEPENDING ON THE POST OFFICE.ITEM WILL BE MAILED WHEN PAYMENT IS RECEIVED.
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The folder is in nice condition. The fold down the middle is strong with no separation. A few minor creases. No tape. No pinholes. Printed on thin paper stock.
The 1888 United States presidential election was the 26th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 6, 1888. Republican nominee Benjamin Harrison, a former Senator from Indiana, defeated incumbent Democratic President Grover Cleveland of New York. It was the third of five U.S. presidential elections in which the winner did not win a plurality of the national popular vote.Cleveland, the first Democratic president since the American Civil War, was unanimously re-nominated at the 1888 Democratic National Convention. He was the first incumbent president to win re-nomination since Grant was nominated to a second term in 1872. Harrison, the grandson of former President William Henry Harrison, emerged as the Republican nominee on the eighth ballot of the 1888 Republican National Convention. He defeated other prominent party leaders such as Senator John Sherman and former Governor Russell Alger.Tariff policy was the principal issue in the election, as Cleveland had proposed a dramatic reduction in tariffs, arguing that high tariffs were unfair to consumers. Harrison took the side of industrialists and factory workers who wanted to keep tariffs high. Cleveland's opposition to Civil War pensions and inflated currency also made enemies among veterans and farmers. On the other hand, he held a strong hand in the South and border states, and appealed to former Republican Mugwumps.Cleveland won a plurality of the popular vote, but Harrison won the election with a majority in the Electoral College. Harrison swept almost the entire North and Midwest, and narrowly carried the swing states of New York and Indiana.
Mary Scott Harrison McKee (née Harrison; April 3, 1858 – October 28, 1930) was the only daughter of President Benjamin Harrison and his wife Caroline Scott Harrison. After her mother died in 1892, McKee served as her father's de facto First Lady for the remainder of his term.Married with children by the time her father was elected as president, Mary and her family lived at the White House during her father's term. She assisted by serving as a hostess. In November 1884, Mary Harrison married James Robert McKee (1857–1942), a native of Madison, Indiana, whom she met in Indianapolis. After her father was elected president in 1888, she and her family lived with her parents in the White House through his term.Traveling frequently to Boston on business, McKee became acquainted with Charles A. Coffin and joined his Thomson-Houston Electric Company. In 1893 McKee became one of the founding generation of the General Electric company when Coffin merged his company with that of Thomas Edison. McKee rose to become a vice-president of the company and worked for GE until 1913.[1]Mary and James McKee had two children, Benjamin Harrison McKee (known as Baby) and Mary Lodge McKee. Their daughter married a Mr. Reisinger.Following her mother's death in October 1892, Mary McKee served as her father's First Lady for the remainder of his term. He was defeated for re-election.Family estrangement[edit]As a widower, her father became romantically involved with his late wife's niece and secretary, the young widow Mary Lord Dimmick. She was 25 years younger than Benjamin Harrison, 27 days younger than Mary Harrison McKee, and was a first cousin of his children. Mary McKee and her brother opposed their father's relationship and remarriage. McKee became estranged from her father, and neither she nor her brother attended the Harrison-Dimmick wedding in 1896.McKee and her father never spoke again. She returned to Indianapolis in his final illness in March 1901, but arrived several hours after his death.Later years[edit]Mary McKee died at the age of 72. She was buried at Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis, Indiana, as her parents were.Her husband survived her, living independently in Greenwich, Connecticut, near their married daughter Mary Lodge Reisinger and her family. According to his note, McKee was despondent because of failing health and required surgery; he committed suicide at age 84 in October 1942.[1]
I will be listing many other Victorian Trade Cards from a 40 year old collection so please check out my other e-bay listings.
FREE SHIPPING. GUARANTEED ORIGINAL ITEM. FREE SHIPPING BY REGULAR MAIL TO U.S.A.DELIVERY TAKES ABOUT 15 DAYS AND SOMETIMES A BIT LONGER DEPENDING ON THE POST OFFICE.ITEM WILL BE MAILED WHEN PAYMENT IS RECEIVED.
Buyer will be responsible for any custom and/or duty fees.Can be returned if you are not fully satisfied.
