Invitation to the Inaugural Ball and Promenade Concert held in honor of President James A. Garfield and Vice President Chester A. Arthur at the National Museum, Washington, DC, 1881. Engraved card. Homer Lee Bank Note Co., New York.
Portraits of Garfield and Arthur to either side of a portrait of Washington flanked by flags and surmounted by eagle; the U.S. Capitol behind; committee members listed below. Serially numbered on the reverse.
Light discoloration in the left and right margins, reaching a little into Arthur portrait; displays near pristine.
A beautifully engraved invitation, the first example we have offered.
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