Written by
Unidentified
Printed by
Unidentified
Subject of
Ku Klux Klan, 2nd, American, 1915 - 1944
Governor Smith, Alfred Emanuel, American, 1873 - 1944
President Coolidge, John Calvin Jr., American, 1872 - 1933
Pope Pius XI, Italian, 1857 - 1939
President Hoover, Herbert Clark, American, 1874 - 1964
Date
ca. 1928
Medium
ink on newsprint
Dimensions
L x W: 9 13/16 × 2 3/8 in. (25 × 6 cm)
Description
Newspaper clipping entitled, [A Decatur County Farmer Replies]. The introduction of the clipping refers to a satirical poem that was put into circulation by the Republican Party in reference to an upcoming Presidential election. The brief introduction states that a response poem written by a Decatur County farmer. Both the Republican Party poem, [The Poem] and the response poem, [The Answer], are published below the introduction. The Republican Party poem is political negative campaigning against Democratic Presidential Candidate Alfred Smith.The response poem was written by an individual with an affiliation to the Ku Klux Klan and is political negative campaigning against Republican President Calvin Coolidge and Republican Presdiential Candidate Herbert Hoover. On the verso are two brief articles: [Decatur County Boys and Girls to Show Livestock at St. Joe in October] and [Long Creek Farmer Has Prize Pig Crop]. Newspaper title and author are unidentified.
Statement
Objects depicting symbols of hate or related to organized hate groups may be offensive and disturbing, but the NMAAHC aims to include them in the Collection to present and preserve the historical context in which they were created and used. Objects of this type provide an important historical record from which to study and evaluate history and culture.
Place depicted
Decatur County, Iowa, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
Type
newspapers
Topic
American West
Associations and institutions
Fraternal organizations
Politics
Race discrimination
Rural life
U.S. History, 1919-1933
White supremacy movements
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, A Gift of the Bunch Family
Object number
2014.258.7
Restrictions & Rights
Unknown - Restrictions Possible
Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5f7cd2a26-4632-49e9-92f3-bc445640422a

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