Printing plate of Captain Harry B. Deas and James E. McSweeney
- On View
- Power of Place Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Power of Place
- Photograph by
- Tyler, Scott
- Subject of
- Deas, Harry B.
- McSweeney, James E.
- Used by
- The Chicago Defender, American, founded 1905
- Date
- 1946
- Medium
- ink on zinc
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 5 9/16 × 3 7/8 × 1/16 in. (14.1 × 9.8 × 0.2 cm)
- Description
- A printing plate of Harry B. Deas and James E. McSweeney. The two men are raising their hands, as Secretary of the Chicago Police Department McSweeney (right) administers the oath of office to Deas (left) as he becomes a Captain in the Chicago Police Department. Deas wears his uniform with metal buttons and a badge in the shape of a star. McSweeney wears a suit and tie. The back of the printing plate has an inscription written in black marker that reads [CAPT. HARRY / B. DEAS / A].
- Place depicted
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Type
- printing plates
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Chicago Defender Publishing Company
- Object number
- 2012.18.5.81
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Chicago Defender Publishing Company
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