Campaign handbill for presidential candidate George E. Taylor: Museum Object and Cultural History
Campaign handbill for presidential candidate George E. Taylor: Date: 1904. Created by: National Negro Liberty Party, American. Subject of: George Erwin Taylor, American, 1857 - 1925.
The object in the museum catalogue
A campaign handbill for the first African American presidential candidate, George E. Taylor. Printed in black ink on white paper the handbill features a standing portrait of George Edwin Taylor, with the following text printed below: [Candidate for Presidency of the United States / 1904 / National Liberty Party], with Taylor's facsimile signature included. There is a crease in the lower left corner of the flier with additional wear along the edges and corners and a few light stains throughout.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1904
- Created by: National Negro Liberty Party, American
- Subject of: George Erwin Taylor, American, 1857 - 1925
- Type: handbills
- Medium: ink on paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 11 x 7 in. (27.9 x 17.8 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Black Press
- Topic: Politics
- Topic: U.S. History, 1865-1921
- Object number: 2012.63
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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