Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Declaration of Independence. : In Congress, July 4th, 1776. The unanimous declaration of the thirteen United States of America.
Call Number
D Middle 84/GC179/Box 01/Oversize GA 2012.02757
Identifier
ark:/88435/dczs25xm04k
Publisher
[Baltimore] : Printers' car, July 4th, 1828--Civic procession in honour of the commencement of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road., [1828]
Language
English
Date Created
1828
Extent
1 broadside : ill. ; 46 x 29 cm.
References
Bidwell, John, The Declaration in Script and Print (Penn. State Univ. Press, 2024), no. 21 (p. 145)
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Construction of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad began on July 4, 1828, and was celebrated by ceremonies, a civic procession, and fireworks. Cf. A Detailed and correct account of the grand civic procession, in the city of Baltimore ... in commemoration of the commencement of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-Road ... Baltimore, 1828. An account of the printers' carriage and activities is given on p. 26-28.
Depiction: Eagle holding banner, "E Pluribus Unum". Surrounded by ornamental border. Medium: Wood engravings, Letterpress printing
Not in Shoemaker.

Discovery Information

Subject
Processions—Maryland—Baltimore
Broadsides

Physical Characteristics

File Count
2

Institutional Information

Collection
Omega Project
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/c8a91d3c-9c97-40e3-81b7-11abb049683c/manifest