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- Staple-bound booklet advocating for the election of Democrat William Barlum Thompson over Republican George P. Codd in the 1906 mayoral election, based on Codd's support for higher fares for the Detroit United Railway. The booklet contains several political cartoons illustrating its point.
- Date Issued:
- 1906-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Color half-length portrait lithograph of Lewis Cass, printed by N. Currier of New York City, for Cass' 1848 presidential campaign. Cass is depicted seated in a suit and bowtie before a backdrop including a red curtain and a marble column. "Lewis Cass, Democratic Candidate for Twelfth President of the United States," is printed below. The print is mounted on heavy cardboard.
- Date Issued:
- 1848-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Biographical
- Description:
- One page campaign leaflet containing a biographical sketch of General Russell A. Alger, "a Generous Citizen, a Gallant Soldier, an Excellent Businessman, Philanthropist and Statesman," printed in part of his bid to become the Republican presidential nominee in 1888.
- Date Issued:
- 1888-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Biographical
- Description:
- Handbill containing the Democratic Republican ticket for the 1856 election listing candidates for the seventh ward, including Oliver M. Hyde for mayor, and Cleophas Moross for Collector.
- Date Issued:
- 1856-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Biographical
- Description:
- Political handbill denouncing Edsel Ford's deferment in WWI the year Henry Ford ran for the Senate, and urging readers to vote for his Republican rival Truman Handy Newberry. "Henry Ford has nothing like this in his window" is printed above an image of a service flag on the recto. Verso reads: "His Country Needs Edsel Ford Where Is He? Fathers, you owe it to your fighting sons; young men, you owe it to your fighting pals- to sent the fighting father of fighting sons, one of whom is on the flying field in France and the other on a battleship at the European base, to represent a fighting State in the United States Senate. On your ballot November 5, make a Cross under the picture of Abraham Lincoln. Nothing further need be done.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Biographical
- Description:
- Four half-folded page leaflet urging voters to elect Russell A. Alger President, containing reprints of newspaper articles concerning his reception in Detroit upon his return from California from three different papers purportedly representing Republican, Democratic, and Independent viewpoints, all dated March 31, 1888.
- Date Issued:
- 1888-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Biographical
- Description:
- Political handbill, printed on cardstock, promoting the election of Tom Evoy, a labor candidate on the Republican ticket for alderman of the 16th Ward. The recto is printed with a photo of Evoy, as well as a passage about his background as President of local union No. 24. The verso is printed with dates for registration, the caucuses, and the election, as well as a map of the new voting districts of the 16th Ward, extending from the city limits to the Detroit River between Livernois Avenue and Artillery Avenue on the west and McKinstry Avenue and 29th Street on the east.
- Date Issued:
- 1902-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Political History
