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- GLC#
- GLC00493.09-View header record
- Type
- Images
- Date
- circa 1880-1890
- Author/Creator
- Volck, Adalbert John, 1828-1912
- Title
- Election in Baltimore, November, 1862
- Place Written
- s.l.
- Pagination
- 1 etching : b&w Height: 26.2 cm, Width: 34.8 cm
- Primary time period
- Rise of Industrial America, 1877-1900
- Sub-Era
- The Gilded Age
Depicts Federal troops overseeing the election. They are intimidating the respectable citizens attempting to vote while encouraging those of less reputable character. Unruly Unionist members of the crowd, at least some of whom appear to be African American, wave banners that say, "Union or Nothing," and "Hail Columbia-Happy Land!!!" The George Washington monument in Baltimore's Mount Vernon Place is seen in the background. Size in extent is for the mount. The actual size of the etching is 20 x 26.6 cm. Title in pencil on verso.
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