The Election: The Naturalization Office Day Before Election: Trials of a Wavering Citizen.

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• PUBLISHER: Published by Harper's Weekly, November 7, 1857.

• MEDIUM: Wood engraving,

  DATE: 1857.

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 13 5/16 x 9 1/4" (33.8 x 23.5 cm).

• DESCRIPTION: Text below the 'Naturalization Office' image reads, 'Citizens of Undoubted Respectability. - "Did you happen to want a friend to swear you've been five years a resident?"' Migrants are greeted by locals looking for a specific vote. <br><br> The text below the 'Wavering Citizen' reads, 'Wavering Citizen. - "Say a V, and I'm yer man."' One man offers the citizen cash and tucks something into his hand. Another tries to lead him off, pointing to the building behind them with a sign reading 'American Headquarters ete Popgun.'

• ADDITIONAL INFO: Black and white.

• CONDITION: Good condition.

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Historical