Apr 16, 2019 - Sale 2505

Sale 2505 - Lot 180

Price Realized: $ 3,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
(ROOSEVELT, THEODORE.) Pair of large posters from the 1904 campaign. Lithographs, each 58 x 38 inches to sight, on paper backed by linen as issued; moderate water damage with slight loss of text, moderate wear including 8-inch closed tear in Roosevelt, but both present well. Professionally matted in matching frames; not examined out of frames. New York: National Equipment Company, 1904

Additional Details

These posters were made for Roosevelt and his 1904 running mate. "Republican Policy Needs No Explanation--Acts and Promises Fulfilled Guarantee the Future: Theodore Roosevelt" "Every Republican Vote Aids in Securing Continued Prosperity for the American People: Charles W. Fairbanks." Printed by the Federal Lithograph Company of New York. One other example of the Roosevelt traced at auction, and one institutional copy known.