04301ckm a22005777a 4500 19690627 20250607075556.2 kj bog cr ||||||||||| 170605s1860 nyunnn kneng 19690627 7 cbc orignew u ncip 20 y-printpho qw44 2017-06n 2017658502 LC-DIG-pga-06782 DLC (digital file from original print) LC-USZ62-14830 DLC (b&w film copy neg.) DLC eng dcrmg DLC PGA - Gavit & Co.--Free speech ... Gavit & Co., printer. Free speech, free soil, free men. This is to certify that [blank] is a member of the [blank] Wide-awake Club [graphic]. New York : Gavit & Co., 114 Broadway, New York, [1860] Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1860, by Gavit & Co. in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York 1 print on wove paper : lithograph printed in buff and black ; sheet 42.9 x 48.2 cm. still image sti rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia sheet nb rdacarrier Title from item. Inscribed in red ink on lower left: 1042. DLC Inscribed in ink on bottom center: Sept. 22, 1860. DLC Blind stamped at bottom center: Deposited in U.S. District Clerk's Office Southern District of New York. DLC Print is torn on lower left with some loss to margin and left corner. DLC Stamped in blue ink on bottom center: Nov. 3 1860. DLC Print shows a membership certificate for the Wide-Awake Club, a Republican marching club formed in February or March 1860 and active throughout the North during the election campaign. The club was dedicated to the preservation of the Union and the non-extension of slavery. The certificate has a central vignette showing crowds and troops before the U.S. Capitol. Some of the troops march in long parade lines, others fire cannons into the air toward the Capitol. Crowds line the Capitol steps, flanking a lone figure (Lincoln?) who ascends toward the building's entrance. The certificate is framed by an American flag draped over a rail fence, with olive branches at the top. In the upper corners are oval medallions of Abraham Lincoln (left) and running mate Hannibal Hamlin (right). The rail-splitter's mallets also appear in the corners. A vigilant eye peers from a halo of clouds at the center. On either side stand uniformed members of the society, wearing their characteristic short capes and visored caps. One holds a staff and a lantern (left), and the other holds a burning torch. Below, an eagle on a shield holds a streamer "E Pluribus Unum," arrows, and olive branch. Broken shackles lie before him. In the left distance, the sun rises over a mountainous landscape and a locomotive chugs across the plains. On the right is a more industrial scene: an Eastern city with its harbor full of boats. In the foreground a man hammers a wedge into a wooden rail. Source: Reilly. No known restrictions on publication. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress). Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1860-14. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Hamlin, Hannibal, 1809-1891. United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.) Presidential elections 1860. lctgm Membership certificates 1860. gmgpc Lithographs 1860. gmgpc Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress) (DLC) 2003656552 Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print digital file from original print pga 06782 p http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pga.06782 digital file from b&w film copy neg. cph 3a17087 p http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a17087 pp/pga pp/app pp/exh L4725 #007.00.00 pp/diof c-P&P (B size)