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Supporters of Henry Clay and James Polk, New York City, 1844

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Title
Supporters of Henry Clay and James Polk, New York City, 1844
Additional title: Exterior of a polling booth, New York
Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection

New York City -- Elections -- 1899 & Earlier

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1844-12-07
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC NEW YC-Ele-18
Topics
Political elections -- New York (State) -- New York -- To 1899
Presidential elections -- United States -- 1840-1849
Political campaigns
Men -- Clothing & dress -- 1840-1849
Ballots
Genres
Prints
Notes
Content: "The friends of Henry Clay meet here", "The friends of J. K. Polk meet here"--signs in image.
Content: "Our Correspondent at New York has completed his Illustration of this animated scene with the annexed sketch of the exterior of one of the polling-places, which, heretofore, had been held at taverns; but at this election, as much as possible, at private houses, engine house, &c. The sketch represents one of the latter: scattered about, 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 infrequently, as they are folded, deceive you with the wrong one; so that it is very essential to open and examine the tickets before entering the room, which usually has an entrance and exits 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 source periodical.
Source note: Illustrated London news. (London : Illustrated London News and Sketch Ltd., 1842-).
Physical Description
Wood engravings
Extent: 12 x 14 cm. (4 3/4 x 5 1/2 in.)
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17095060
Barcode: 33333159154638
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): eca59050-c55c-012f-c5e3-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1844: Issued
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Supporters of Henry Clay and James Polk, New York City, 1844" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1844-12-07. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-cd21-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Supporters of Henry Clay and James Polk, New York City, 1844" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-cd21-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1844-12-07). Supporters of Henry Clay and James Polk, New York City, 1844 Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-cd21-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Supporters of Henry Clay and James Polk, New York City, 1844