Description

Circular pin features nine portraits arranged around a central portrait. The pin has a circular metal frame consisting of two vines twisting around one another. All of the portraits place the figures in a circular frame and each figure is seen in either a frontal, three quarter, or profile view. Also, the portraits are illustrated in black and white. The central portrait features Abraham Lincoln. Outside of Lincoln's frame, Lincoln is surrounded by print that reads "The Ten Standard Bearers 1856~1906". The other nine portraits feature (clockwise) John C. Fremont, Rutherford B. Hayes, Chester Arthur, Benjamin Harrison, Theodore Roosevelt, William McKinley, James G. Blaine, James Garfield, and Ulysses Grant. Between each portrait, there is floral ornamentation. The back features a safety pin for pinning. Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum