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Proclamation of Emancipation with portraits and decorative border – Historic Photograph Print

Proclamation of Emancipation with portraits and decorative border — historic image
Proclamation of Emancipation with portraits and decorative border. Historic image from the African American History collection.

(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This rare historic image captures Proclamation of Emancipation with portraits and decorative border in remarkable detail. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.

Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. A fine choice for anyone who loves history, and a gift that gets noticed. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.

Proclamation of Emancipation with portraits and decorative border

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The Emancipation Proclamation, issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, was a presidential war measure that declared enslaved people in Confederate-held territory free. This printed version pairs the text of the document with portraits and an ornamental border, a format popular in the years after the proclamation, when families and churches hung such pages on their walls as a record of freedom. Worth noticing is how the decoration frames the words: the portraits of leading figures and the symmetrical border turn a legal notice into a keepsake meant for display in homes and meeting rooms.

Original scan5,827 × 7,298 px · prints to 19 × 24 in at 300 dpi
Referenceproclamation emancipation

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