Equality. All men are created equal...but not...shoes"" – Historic Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Equality. All men are created equal...but not...shoes"" comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Equality. All men are created equal...but not...shoes""
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Its title turns the Declaration of Independence's line that all men are created equal into a joke about footwear, with the trailing "but not...shoes" suggesting that equality stops at the shoe store. Uncle Sam, the national figure who had become a staple of commercial art by 1910, lends the sales pitch a patriotic air, a tactic advertisers of the period used often. The poster was copyrighted by the S.S. System of Chicago, though details of its origin come from an older caption card and have not been fully verified.
| Created / published | c1910. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : poster, hand-col. |
| Subjects | Hand-colored poster copyrighted by S.S. System, Chicago. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Posters; US Hist.--Declaration...; Uncle Sam--1910; Advertisements--Shoes; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 793 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-133504 |
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