Handbill for an Alabama suffrage campaign
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1956
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: President Dwight D. Eisenhower, American, 1890 - 1969
label: Subject of
content: Democratic Party, American, founded 1828
notes: label: Description
content: A handbill urging residents of Alabama to register to vote in the Presidential Pre-Primary to re-elect the present Ward 9 Democratic Committee. The flier is printed in black ink on pink paper. At the top is [DEMAND! / PRESIDENT EISENHOWER ACT / To End / Alabama Injustice / "WRITE IKE TODAY"] followed by a messages to [REGISTER NOW!] and [RE-ELECT YOUR PRESENT WARD 9 DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE] followed by a list of the current committee members. There are no marks or inscriptions on the back.
place: label: Place used
content: Alabama, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Suffrage
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
label: Movement
content: Civil Rights Movement
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.46.34.19
objectType: label: Type
content: handbills
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No known copyright restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 13 7/8 x 4 7/8 in. (35.2 x 12.4 cm)