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Article: Election caricature appeals to collectors
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- The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
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- November 2, 2008
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TERRY KOVEL
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
11-02-2008
Election caricature appeals to collectors
By TERRY KOVEL
Date: 11-02-2008, Sunday
Section: BETTER LIVING
Edtion: All Editions
Column: ANTIQUES
Tip of the week
You should not regild, resilver or repaint political buttons or badges. It lowers the value.
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Presidential campaigns in the past were no different from how they are today. Caricatures, gossip, even lies and scandal were part of the campaign, although the information traveled slowly without TV or radio. Grover Cleveland, in the 1884 presidential race, was accused of having an illegitimate son. He admitted it and won the presidency because voters admired his honesty. Other 19th-century ...