Late 19th Century William Jennings Bryan Campaign Serving Tray dual pressure flat arms with curved handholds

flat arms with curved handholds enclosing turned spindles

Ohio sometime around the 1950s

Hat: 10" W x 12" D x 5" H

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Late 19th Century William Jennings Bryan Campaign Serving Tray dual pressure flat arms with curved handholdsc. 1890s Antique presidential campaign painted tin serving tray. This piece displays the side profile of W. J. (William Jennings) Bryan, the Democratic candidate who ran three unsuccessful campaigns in 1896, 1900, and 1908. Guess the third time isn't always the charm. Like the t shirts and yard signs of today, pieces like serving trays and other household items were often adorned with candidate pictures and slogans and displayed or used proudly in