Mayoral campaign brochure for Harold Washington
date: label: Date
content: 1987
name: label: Commissioned by
content: Committee to Re-Elect Mayor Washington, American, 1987 - 1987
label: Printed by
content: Graphic Communications International Union, 1983 - 2005
label: Subject of
content: Harold Washington, American, 1922 - 1987
notes: label: Description
content: An election brochure from Mayor Harold Washington’s 1987 campaign. The front of the brochure has blue at the top and bottom. White text at the top reads “Mayor / Harold / Washington.” Black text at center left reads “The / Right / Choice / for / Chicago's / Future.” At center right is a black and white photograph of Harold Washington standing with a group of children and adults on the steps in front of a brick building. In the lower right corner with black text that reads “February 24th / Vote Democratic.” The brochure opens up into a large poster with a black and white photograph of Harold Washington on a blue background. The background has narrow, light-blue lines radiating out from the bottom middle. The image of Washington is in the top half, centered in the middle, up to the top edge. Along the bottom in white and black text is “Mayor / Harold / Washington / The Right Choice / for Chicago's Future.”
place: label: Place collected
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1969-2001
label: Topic
content: Urban life
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Terry S. Pretzer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.216.2
objectType: label: Type
content: brochures
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (closed): 11 1/16 x 5 11/16 in. (28.1 x 14.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (open): 22 x 16 15/16 in. (55.9 x 43 cm)