Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Fan, Hand |
Common Name |
Fan, Political |
Catalog Number |
1989.23.19 |
Maker |
Celerity Specialty Co. |
Date |
ca. 1925 |
Material(s) |
Paper |
Dimensions |
H-10.625 W-8 inches |
Description |
This hand fan is made of thin cardboard in a tan color and once had a wooden handle/paddle attached to the back which has since been lost. The front of the fan has small, one inch, square portraits of each President of the United States from George Washington until Calvin Coolidge which surround a picture of the U.S. Capitol Building. Under the last row of portraits is a white text box with capital black letters that read "Who's Next." Under this, on the handle section of the fan, a brown text box has white lettering in a fancy script which reads "Presidents / of the / United States / from / Washington / to / Coolidge." The entire front of the fan has a border of half-ovals one right next to the other. The back of the fan has an advertisement for a bank. In brown capital letters it reads "keep cool / and / keep an account with." Below this, in fancy, larger brown script is "The Georgetown National Bank." The next line is in smaller print and is a slogan which says "'The bank of personal service.'" Finally, another line of capital, brown text reads "This bank appreciates your business." To the bottom left of this block of text is another, much smaller text block; the lettering is very small and reads "Celerity Specialty Co. / Cincinnati, O." |
Notes |
This is an advertising piece used by various businesses across the United States around the time of the 1924 Presidential Election. The design on the front of the fan was always identical but the advertisements on the back changed from place to place. This piece was created to advertise the Georgetown National Bank. The front of the fan asks "Who's Next" at the bottom of the list of presidents. The answer is Calvin Coolidge, the incumbent Republican, who won the 1924 election. This object was donated on November 28, 1989 by Drexell R. Davis. Davis, a self-described "Yellow Dog" Democrat, held several elected positions in the Kentucky state government. His thirty-three years of public service prompted his interest in collecting political memorabilia. |
Collection |
Drexell R. Davis Collection |
People |
Washington, George Adams, John, 1735-1826 Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 Madison, James, 1751-1836 Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 VanBuren, Martin Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841 Johnson, Andrew Grant, Ulysses S. Tyler, John Proctor, John R. Polk, James Knox, 1795-1849 Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874 Pierce, Franklin Buchanan, James Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893 Garfield, James Abram, 1831-1881 Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850 Cleveland, Grover Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901 McKinley, William, 1843-1901 Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D., 1882-1945 Arthur, Chester A. Taft, William Howard, 1857-1930 Wilson, Woodrow Harding, Warren G., 1865-1923 Coolidge, Calvin Monroe, James, 1758-1831 |
Subjects |
Advertisements Banks Capitol buildings Fans Government Political candidates Political elections Politicians Politics & government Portraits Presidential candidates Presidential elections Presidential terms of office Presidents |
Search Terms |
Cincinnati (Ohio) Democrats Republicans Ohio |
Physical Holder |
Kentucky Historical Society - KHS |