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"Of Course He Wants To Vote The Democratic Ticket"

October 21, 1876

Tennessee, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

Illustrated page from Harper's Weekly. The off-white discolored paper features an image in black ink. It depicts two men threatening an unarmed man with pistols. The man on the proper right side is wearing a dark jacket, a shirt, trousers, a hat with a bent brim, and boots. He is resting his proper left hand on the shoulder of the unarmed man. The man in the center has curly hair and is wearing a long sleeve shirt and patched trousers. His right arm is across his chest, and he is holding a piece of paper. His proper left arm is down by his side. Pistols are pointed at both sides of his head. The man on the proper left side is wearing a long sleeve shirt, dark trousers, a large hat, and boots. He carries a pistol on each hip, and his proper left hand is in his pocket.

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Catalog reference: 2012.160.64

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