Sujet

Exterior of a polling booth, New York, 1844. Creator: Unknown.

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Exterior of a polling booth, New York, 1844. Voters in the US presidential election between James Knox Polk and Henry Clay, at '...one of the polling-places, which, heretofore, had been held at taverns...as you approach the entrance, are tables, or wooden sheds, at which sit persons, dispensing Whig or Democratic tickets folded up; while others more actively ply the passenger on behalf of one or other of the candidates, and, not unfrequently, as they are folded, deceive you with a wrong one; so that it is very essential to open and examine the ticket before entering the room, which usually has an entrance and exit doors, at both of which are constables with crossed staves; who admit about a dozen at a time, or according to the size of the room'. From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol V.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

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HRM21A06_375

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Droits gérés

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30,1Mo (1,5Mo) / 18,0cm x 42,0cm / 2121 x 4960 (300dpi)

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people male man men politics New York City country guy British political location Victorian century Britain newspapers press president democracy concept B&W new york state deception voting election DEMOCRAT elections United States of America vote campaign 19th century presidential black & white black and white voter B W campaigning Democrats fraud fraudulent nineteenth century voters American America USA The Print Collector electorate Illustrated London News polling booth polling station TGN Whig ILN newspaper engraving united states Unknown Henry Clay Whigs Henry Clay