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Parades: This series contains a variety of artifacts that were carried in political parades or other public events. They range in size from small pennants to very large parade banners, and in form from replica axes and guns to hats and helmets, kerosene "torch lights", lanterns, and walking sticks. Mrs. Douglas also included a limited amount of materials advertising parade items in this category. There is significant overlap between the "Parades" and "Wearing Apparel" categories.

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Parades: This series contains a variety of artifacts that were carried in political parades or other public events. They range in size from small pennants to very large parade banners, and in form from replica axes and guns to hats and helmets, kerosene "torch lights", lanterns, and walking sticks. Mrs. Douglas also included a limited amount of materials advertising parade items in this category. There is significant overlap between the "Parades" and "Wearing Apparel" categories.

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Parades: This series contains a variety of artifacts that were carried in political parades or other public events. They range in size from small pennants to very large parade banners, and in form from replica axes and guns to hats and helmets, kerosene "torch lights", lanterns, and walking sticks. Mrs. Douglas also included a limited amount of materials advertising parade items in this category. There is significant overlap between the "Parades" and "Wearing Apparel" categories.

Scope and Contents From the Series: Paper Miscellaneous: This category includes a wide variety of paper items intended to have a short use-life, including admission tickets, membership cards, post cards, fundraising letters and brochures, advertising cards, certificates, stationery, and stamps. Mrs. Douglas also included stereocard and cabinet photographs and some of the collection's bumper stickers in this category. Some of the items in this series (particularly post card sets) have been cataloged as groups rather than at the...

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Songbooks: This series includes materials facilitating song performance through provision of song lyrics and/or musical notation. Some of the items are in book form, gathering together several songs, while others are individual handbills.

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Songbooks: This series includes materials facilitating song performance through provision of song lyrics and/or musical notation. Some of the items are in book form, gathering together several songs, while others are individual handbills.

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Songbooks: This series includes materials facilitating song performance through provision of song lyrics and/or musical notation. Some of the items are in book form, gathering together several songs, while others are individual handbills.

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Songbooks: This series includes materials facilitating song performance through provision of song lyrics and/or musical notation. Some of the items are in book form, gathering together several songs, while others are individual handbills.

Scope and Contents From the Series: Scrapbooks: This series consists of 47 scrapbooks associated with particular election campaigns, one scrapbook on textiles, and individual items of particular note extracted from the scrapbooks. Mrs. Douglas included a combination of primary sources (particularly portraits but also a portion of a government document signed by Andrew Jackson) and secondary sources (especially newspaper and magazine clippings discussing electoral history) in her scrapbooks. Aside from extracted individual...

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Trinkets: This series contains a variety of medals, medallions, pins, pendants, and other jewelry forms, including ferrotype portrait pins. Almost all of the items in this series have been cataloged as groups rather than at the item level. Mrs. Douglas artfully arranged these item groupings, frequently incorporating materials from other categories for visual effect.