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1860 Republican Wigwam Lithograph

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1860 Republican Wigwam Lithograph
Lithograph titled at bottom margin "Republican Wigwam, / Erected by the Republicans of Chicago for the Campaign of 1860, capable of holding 10,000 persons..." published by McNally & Co. and based on a sketch by E. Whitefield, oblong large 4to. The Wigwam, at Lake Street and Wacker Drive, is where Republican delegates met in 1860 and nominated Abraham Lincoln for President. According to reports at the time, when Abraham Lincoln secured the nomination, the crowd went wild and a cannon on the roof was fired. [Image: 6-3/4" x 10-1/2"; Sheet: 9-1/2" x 14"]. Age-toning, foxing, and light water stains.