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Mayoral campaign brochure for Harold Washington

1987

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

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.

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Catalog reference: 2013.216.2

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