Saturday, October 6, 2018 | Fine Antiques
Lot 211:
Antique tin lithographed 12" round tray features Lady Liberty looking over presidential running mates William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. It was made by Charles W. Shonk Co. of Chicago, Illinois. The 1900 presidential election saw the following shake-up. President McKinley’s vice-president Garret Hobart had died the previous year (1899), so when the Republican convention took place in June of 1900, a new face needed to be added to the ticket. Roosevelt, just 42, was the young New York governor attempting to reform Albany politics. The very powerful New York delegation to the convention convinced McKinley to choose Roosevelt as his new running mate, thus removing him from their state’s political realm. Ironically Roosevelt became elevated to the presidency when McKinley was assassinated a year after the election. This tray then represents a very small window of confluence for the 2 men – just over a year, from June 1900 convention, to McKinley’s death in Sept of 1901. Also worth noting, the older man is wearing the formal bow-tie, whilst young Teddy is sporting the newly popular "neck tie".
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