Collins, Herbert Ridgeway — Political Campaign Torches

Washington (DC), Smithsonian Institution, 1964. Softcover. White glued wraps with color illustration of soldier. (2) 3-44 pp. features many b+w illustrations. The political custom of the torchlight parade so characteristic of mid-19th-century campaigning reached its peak in 1876 and continued until the end of the century, when campaign techniques changed. From the collections of the Smithsonian Institution, the Patent Office, and elsewhere, have been gathered pictures of these torches and information about them. Good, some signs of wear, spine slightly torn, pages in good condition .