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Title
Wide
Awakes
banner
Place
Hartford (Conn.)
Topic
Political campaigns
Banners
Theme
Infrastructure
Lifestyle
Description
A
cloth
banner
bearing
the
image
of an
open
eye
is
inscribed
with the
words
"
WIDE
/
AWAKES
/
1860.
" The
banner
is
mounted
on a
wooden
frame
and has a
wooden
staff
attached
.
Notes
The
Wide
Awakes
were an
organization
that
supported
the
Republican
party
during
the
Presidential
campaign
of
1860
. The
members
wore
capes
and
black-glazed
hats
and
carried
torches
when
they
marched
in
parades
.
Contemporary
prints
portray
Wide
Awakes
parades
in
Hartford
.
Date created
1860
Physical format
1
banner
;
90.2
x
120.7
cm
.
Digital format
image/jp2
Identifier
Accession
number
:
1922.4.3
File
name
:
1922_4_3.tif
Source
The
Connecticut
Historical
Society
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Reproduction
and
copyright
information
regarding
this
image
is
available
from The
Graphics
Collection
, The
Connecticut
Historical
Society
,
Hartford
.
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