Poster

Object number2013.47.1

Date1870

MediumPaper; Ink

Credit LineGift of Byron Writt and Nadine Woodson

DescriptionWhite paper poster with black printing that advertises a parade in downtown Pittsburgh celebrating the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution. In the upper center of the poster is an image of a right-facing eagle holding a banner that reads: "HUMANITY VINDICATED!"DimensionsHeight x Width (framed): 38.125 × 29.5 in. (96.8 × 74.9 cm)
Height x Width (unframed): 32.2499 × 22.312 in. (81.9 × 56.7 cm)
Inscriptions"Liberty Triumphant! Justice Enthroned! / THE BRIGHT SUN OF LIBERTY RISES IN OUR POLITICLA SKY! / GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST, AND ON EARTH, PEACE TO MAN / Let us rejoice, O, Enfranchised People of Pennsylvania, that the Nation's Later Birth of Freedom, and the People's Gain of their own Sovereignty shall never Wane nor Perish from Earth! / Men of Western Pennsylvania, we call upon you-we cordially invite you to join with us in celebrating the / JUBILEE OF FREEMEN / [image of an eagle with a ribbon in its mouth that reads "HUMANITY VINDICATED"] / IN ALLEGHENY COUNTY, APRIL 26TH, 1870 / ............. / IN PITTSBURGH, ON TUESDAY, the 26th day of APRIL, 1870. / THE PROCESSION WILL FORM AT 12 O'CLOCK, NOON, ON WATER ST. THE RIGHT RESTING ON SMITHFIELD, and will be commanded by the following officers / Geo. D. Ware, Chief Marshal. Staff: Robert Jackson, A.J. Barboza, Robert Davis,Jas. W. Owens. Aids: T.R. Roach, G.S. Wood / son, Alex. Willis, Henry Stanfield Garnet, Robert Bell, Lafayette Massey, S.J. Wilkerson, Jr................"
MarksPrinted in bottom left corner: "SEIBERT, SLOAN & CO., Printers, 96 4th Avenue."
Historical NotesThis poster advertises a parade in Pittsburgh celebrating the ratification of the 15th Amendment on April 26, 1870. The 15th Amendment guarantees the right to vote regardless of "race, color, or previous condition of servitude." The amendment was passed by Congress on February 26, 1869, and was ratified on February 3, 1870.

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