Progressive Era: 1890–1920s: Progressive Political Reform
Click image to zoom in.Or view larger version. Poster of Roosevelt and Johnson. 1912. Allied Printing Trade Council, New York City. Paper with black image. Collection of Oakland Museum of California. Gift of John Stanton.
This is a political poster from the Presidential election of 1912. Representing the Progressive Party ticket, Presidential candidate Theodore Roosevelt stands beside Governor of California and Vice Presidential candidate Hiram W. Johnson. The Progressive Party of 1912 was an American political party, which came into existence after a split in the Republican Party.