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Gift of Dr. Robert M. Yergason, 1922.4.3  Photograph by David Stansbury.  © 2008 The Connecticu…
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Gift of Dr. Robert M. Yergason, 1922.4.3 Photograph by David Stansbury. © 2008 The Connecticut Historical Society.
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Date1860
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width x depth of banner): 48 × 35 1/2 × 2in. (121.9 × 90.2 × 5.1cm)
Component (length of visible part of pole): 38in. (96.5cm)
ClassificationsTextiles
Credit LineGift of Dr. Robert M. Yergason
DescriptionTwo-sided banner of natural colored cotton attached to a wooden stretcher which has a wooden support. The cotton is secured to the sides with nails. Painted in black on both sides is: "WIDE AWAKES. 1860", with a large eyeball at center. Handwritten on loose lower edge is "Presented by R.M. Yergason, M.D."
Object number1922.4.3
On View
Not on view
Side Chair
General Andrew Ward V
1740-1760
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about 1750-1755
Side Chair
Eliphalet Chapin
1770-1771
1960.103.13
Harold D. Margolis
1960
Armchair
Aaron Chapin
1785-1800
Gift of Mabel Leigh Grant, 1959.92.1  © 2006 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Eliphalet Chapin
about 1783
Family Register Memorial
Hannah Taylor
1822-1823
Chair with original slip seat.
Seymour family
1770-1800
Armchair
Unknown
1750-1775
1914.5.1
Colonel Henry Champion
1780-1790