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Photographs from the Records of the National Woman's Party
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Item Title
Party watchfires burn outside White House, Jan. 1919.
Author/Creator
Photographer: Harris & Ewing, Washington, D.C.
Created/Published
1919 Jan.
Notes
Summary: Photograph of National Woman's Party watchfire demonstrators standing with banners and fire in urn in front of White House. One banner reads, "President Wilson is deceiving the world when he appears as the prophet of democracy. President Wilson has opposed those who demand democracy for this country. He is responsible for the disfranchisement of millions of Americans. We in America know this. The world will find him out."
Title transcribed from item.
Cropped version of the photograph published in The Suffragist, 8, no. 1 (Feb. 20, 1920): n.p. Shows only the fire, banners, and White House; no people in published version.
Subjects
United States--District of Columbia--
Demonstrations
White House (Washington, D.C.)
National Woman's Party
Suffragists--United States--1910-1920
Women--Suffrage--Washington (D.C.)
White House (Washington, D.C.)
Photographs
Object Type
Medium
1 photograph: print; 5 x 7 in.
Call Number
Location: National Woman's Party Records, Group II, Container II:276, Folder: Group Photographs Nos. 100-110
Part of
Records of the National Woman's Party
Repository
Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Digital ID
mnwp 276030
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mnwp.276030