From the 1840 "Log Cabin" & "Hard Cider" campaign, these two blue pennants with orange lettering are attached to carved sticks with planed ends. Pennants are made from Osnaburg-type cotton, each measuring about 9 x 14". Reading "NORTH, BEND, FARMER." and the other "OLD, VIRGINIA, NEVER, TIRE." Provenance: Sold at Heritage Auctions in 2013 for $9,560, acquired from Way Down East in Maine Estate Sale.

Weight (Lbs): 14.25
Height (In.): 39
Width (In.): 26.5
Depth (In.): 1.5
Size: 96.5 x 4.0 x 4.0"
Maker: Unknown
Material: Cotton, Wood
Date: 1840
Provenance: See Description
Condition: Raggedness to the flags themselves, heavier to the lower of the two, which states "OLD, VIRGINIA, NEVER, TIRE." Some patination on the wooden handles. Secured to the rear board with steel ties and a stitch to the corners of the flags.
History: William Henry Harrison was the North Bend farmer and his running mate, John Tyler, was from Virginia. The election of 1840 was the first in which presidents appealed to crowds of voters, in which the parties adopted platforms, and which featured the miscellany that has come to define modern politics-banners, merchandise, and theme songs. One of those songs exhorted voters to "Turn out! Turn out!" and indeed they did: Some 80 percent of the eligible electorate cast ballots. But it's the campaign tune that makes the election of 1840 a staple of high school history books.Few may remember what "Tippecanoe and Tyler, too" actually meant. It was, in fact, a song praising Whig candidate William Henry Harrison, or "Old Tip," as he was known, and his running mate, John Tyler. Harrison was the hero of the battle of Tippecanoe, a clash in present-day Indiana between the Army and American Indian forces led by Tecumseh and a confederation of tribes.