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c. 1900, Hand-painted William Howard Taft Banner

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Huge Hand-painted Howard Taft Portrait Banner

c. 1909, Huge Hand-painted Howard Taft Portrait Banner, Choice Very Fine.
78" x 50" canvas banner portrait executed in brown oil paint by a sign or scenery painter of the day, possibly for a Taft headquarters or rally. It should not be confused with a smaller banner with a similar look, which, along with its William Jennings Bryan mate, was commercially produced. Signed in lower right hand corner, "Abbott with Seattle Decorating." Inasmuch as Taft made a highly publicized visit to that city for the Alaska-Yukon Exposition in 1909, this banner could also be from that occasion. Some moderate fading in field, portrait is still excellent.



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