String tie.
1903 or 1904 · Canton, Ohio
Canton, Ohio: C. Aultman & Co., 1903 or 1904. String tie. . Fine. A shaped trade promotion trifle -- shaped like Ohio. Slightly oblong, 9 by 10 cm, at tallest and widest. 4 pp., plus wraps. With chromo map of Ohio on front, a buck on the back, and a two page color plate illustration of the Buckeye harvester, drawn by two horses, in the center. Ohio, being the "Mother of Presidents", was proud of its role in Presidential politics even back then, as evidenced by a table of the electoral colleg on the second page -- then 201 votes were needed to carry the day. Ohio's centennial was 1903, but the Presidential election was of course to be in 1904, so it is not clear entirely which year this promotion piece was issued.
(Inventory #: 004771)