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Description
Real photo postcard of Charles Nigg standing in a street in Maquoketa, Iowa. A large crowd of people stand in the background, including members of the Maquoketa Concert Band with instruments. Mr. Nigg wields a wheelbarrow painted with a message: "From Maquoketa, Iowa to the Pacific Coast or bust!" Charles Nigg paid off a bet relating to the presidential election of 1912 by walking from Iowa to Long Beach, California. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) Still image From Maquoketa, Iowa to the Pacific Coast or bust! Title from caption in negative.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : gelatin silver print ; 9 x 14 cm (postcard format)
Identifier
ark:/20775/bb04527792
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Photographs Elections--Social aspects African Americans Maquoketa (Iowa) United States
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