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[Pin with two American flags]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05125.02 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Object Date: 1864 Pagination: 1 pin Height: 6 cm, Width: 3.5 cm Order a Copy

Stick pin with black knob at top. Attached to pin are two small cloth American flags and two ribbon tassels. Meant for the 1864 presidential election.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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