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Gift of Elizabeth Abbe, 2021.18.1, Connecticut Historical Society, In Copyright, Copyright held…
State Income Tax Protest Rally, 1991
Gift of Elizabeth Abbe, 2021.18.1, Connecticut Historical Society, In Copyright, Copyright held by Elizabeth Abbe

State Income Tax Protest Rally, 1991

Date1991
Mediumphotographic prints
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 3 1/2 × 4 7/8in. (8.9 × 12.4cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Elizabeth Abbe
DescriptionPhotographs of the 1991 rally at the State Capitol in Hartford to protest a state income tax photographed by Elizabeth Abbe.

(.1): color photograph, view of signs above crowd
(.2): color photograph, view of crowd with signs in front of State Capitol
(.3): color photograph, view of crown in front of State Capitol
(.4): color photograph, view of crowd with yellow school bus in front of State Capitol
(.5): color photograph, close-up view of protestors standing on top of yellow school bus
(.6): color photograph, view of crowd, pink balloon in the upper right corner
(.7): color photograph, view of crowd outside State Capitol, “Axe the Tax” sign visible on left
(.8): color photograph, view of crowd outside State Capitol, two signs with general prohibition signs on right
(.9): color photograph, view of crowd outside State Capitol, red balloon next to an American flag on the right
(.10): color photograph, view of crowd outside State Capitol, sign in shape of stop sign in upper left corner
(.11): color photograph, unidentified man signing a piece of paper
(.12): color photograph, unidentified woman signed a piece of paper
(.13): color photograph, view of crowd, man in leather jacket holding a can in center
(.14): color photograph, three State Police troopers
(.15): color photograph, back of a woman saluting or waving her hand
(.16): color photograph, three ambulances parked outside State Capitol
(.17): color photograph, dummy wearing a sign that reads “Hang the Thieves”
(.18): color photograph, view of crowd and yellow school buses outside State Capitol, two men in blue shirts in foreground
(.19): color photograph, sign that reads “Weicker said, Trust Me…”
(.20): color photograph, view of crowd and yellow school buses outside State Capitol, man holding a video camera on left
(.21): color photograph, sign that reads “Stop Milking Us for More Tax Money”
(.22): color photograph, sign that reads “Hey Weicker/ You Forgot to Tax My Sex Life”
(.23): color photograph, sign that reads “Axe the Tax”
(.24): color photograph, sign that reads “Adolf Weicker”
(.25): color photograph, sign that reads “Re-elect Nobody Unless There is a Tax Repeal”
(.26): color photograph, sign that reads “Tax This Weicker/ Get the Fat Out of Gov’t. Recall Lowell Weicker”
(.27): color photograph, sign that reads “Impeach My Fat Ugly Ass”
(.28): color photograph, sign pierced through a statue’s sword reads “Tea Time/ Remember Boston”
Object number2021.18.1-.28
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