Bidspirit auction | 1860 Print : Grand torchlight

1860 Print : Grand torchlight Procession …Wide Awake - The print is a centerfold from an original 1860 News Paper. Captioned below image in German, translated pencil notes in English in the margin. Incudes additional articles about the Wide Awakes and classified newsprint ads for Wide Awake Activities and Clubs. -Grand torchlight procession of the wide-awake clubs in the City of New York on Wednesday evening, October 3rd, 1860 The Second Division of the Procession, convoying a farm-house bearing the words, “Uncle Sam has land enough to give us each a farm, “ passing around the park and up through City Hall Square. -The English language Version appeared in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, October 13, 1860. Condition Note: Page has been affixed on the upper edge to a protective backing paper, upper left corner tear, centerfold, and some paper wave/ wrinkle. Measurements: main image 20 x 14 inches. Protected under mylar wrap on an 18 x 24 in foam core board. The Wide Awakes were a youth organization and later a paramilitary organization cultivated by the Republican Party during the 1860 presidential election in the United States. Using popular social events, an ethos of competitive fraternity, and even promotional comic books, the organization introduced many to political participation and proclaimed itself as the newfound voice of younger voters. The structured militant Wide Awakes appealed to a generation, which had been profoundly shaken by the partisan instability in the 1850s and offered young northerners a much-needed political identity. Wikipedia