Mayoral campaign brochure for Harold Washington: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

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. Along the bottom in white and black text is “Mayor / Harold / Washington / The Right Choice / for Chicago's Future.”

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1987
• Commissioned by: Committee to Re-Elect Mayor Washington, American, 1987 - 1987
• Printed by: Graphic Communications International Union, 1983 - 2005
• Subject of: Harold Washington, American, 1922 - 1987
• Type: brochures
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W (closed): 11 1/16 x 5 11/16 in. (28.1 x 14.4 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (open): 22 x 16 15/16 in. (55.9 x 43 cm)
• Place collected: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: U.S. History, 1969-2001
• Topic: Urban life
• Object number: 2013.216.2
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Terry S. Pretzer
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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