[WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE]. 33 States Grant Partial Suffrage. [Indianapolis, IN: 1911].
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[WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE]. 33 States Grant Partial Suffrage. [Indianapolis, IN: 1911].
9 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. silver gelatin photograph on cardstock mount (image toned, with minor vertical crease to upper portion; heavy wear and loss to mount). Verso with applied sticker for retailer Elliott R. Tibbets & Co., Indianapolis, IN, and ink description: "[Fro]m left to right / Eloise Henley, Margaret Henley, Hazel Whitten, Ida Boos and Selma Se[?] / July 4th 1911 Float in Safe and Sane Fourth parade which passed President Taf[t] who was seated at the Soldiers and Sailors Monument."
Six women wearing white dresses and identified on verso stand in a line on a parade float, wearing sashes bearing the names of states and holding signs that indicate each state's suffrage status. Women wearing sashes for Washington, Utah, Colorado, Idaho, and Wyoming each holds signs reading "Full Suffrage." The woman wearing the sash for Indiana holds a sign reading, "No Suffrage." A large banner hanging at the bottom of the float reads, "33 States Grant Partial Suffrage."
Collection of Tom Charles Huston
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