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Great Banquet of the Wide-Awakes, City Hall, Hartford, July 27, 1860.
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Great Banquet of the Wide-Awakes, City Hall, Hartford, July 27, 1860.
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Title
Great
Banquet
of the
Wide-Awakes
,
City
Hall
,
Hartford
,
July
27
,
1860
.
Place
Hartford (Conn.)
Topic
Clubs
Political clubs
Dinners and dining
Topic-Organization, Vessel
Wide-Awake Club
Theme
Infrastructure
Lifestyle
Description
Interior
of a
hall
decorated
with
garlands
,
slogans
,
banners
and
flags
,
including
American
flags
.
Crossed
swords
are
above
the
windows
.
Evergreen
trees
are on
either
side
of a
stage
.
Men
sit
on
either
side
of
tables
arranged
in
long
rows
.
Centerpieces
are on the
tables
. A
chandelier
hangs
from the
ceiling
.
Signs
read
: "
Welcome
/
Wide-Awakes
/
of
/
Newark
" "
Free
Speech
-
Free
Men
/
&
Free
Territory.
"
Letterpress
caption
in
German
reads
: "
Great
Banquet
of the
Wide-Awakes
from
New
Jersey
and the
New
England
States
assembled
in the
City
Hall
of
Hartford
,
Conn
., on
July
27
,
1860
.<br>
Notes
The
Wide-Awake
Club
,
consisting
of
young
members
of the
Republican
Party
,
originated
in
Hartford
in
February
1860
. Their
purpose
was to
bring
about
the
election
of
Abraham
Lincoln
. <br>
Date created
1860
.
Physical format
1
print
: :
wood
engraving
;
11
x
25
cm
.<br>
Digital format
image/jpeg
Identifier
Accession
number
1972.36.22
<br>
File
name
0538
img0078.pcd
<br>
Source
The
Connecticut
Historical
Society
.
Rights
Reproduction
and
copyright
information
regarding
this
image
is
available
from The
Graphics
Collection
, The
Connecticut
Historical
Society
,
Hartford
.
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