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[Suffrage parade, New York City, May 6, 1912] – Historic Print

[Suffrage parade, New York City, May 6, 1912], 1912 May 6. — historic photograph
[Suffrage parade, New York City, May 6, 1912], 1912 May 6.. Historic photograph from the New York City collection.

(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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This 1912 New York City procession shows suffragists using the street itself as a stage for their cause. The blind stamp from the American Press Association marks it as a commercial news photograph, made for distribution to newspapers and magazines, so it reached readers who never saw the march. New York women were pressing for the vote in a state that did not yet grant it, and parades like this one were a deliberate way to show organized numbers and challenge the notion that the cause was fringe. The picture is useful for seeing how the movement turned public spectacle into political argument.

Created / published1912 May 6.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1910-1920.
NotesJ169339 U.S. Copyright Office. Blind stamp: Copyright by American Press Association. Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical commentary by Alan Brinkley. New York : Knopf, 1997.
SubjectsParades & processions--New York (State)--New York--1910-1920. Women's suffrage--New York (State)--New York--1910-1920. Suffragists--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,188 × 886 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-128288

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