View of active polling place
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.1350 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 6.1 cm, Width: 10.4 cm Order a Copy
Image shows an active polling site with a group of about 10 men surrounding a counter. American bunting decorates the entire scene, along with signs that read: "Vote Here for the Sword" and "Hancock McClellan Butler Grant Blair Sherman." Imprint on recto "Scholten St.Louis."
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