Like everyone else I am glad the election is over - mostly because the ads are over too. But maybe you can handle one more....from 1973.
Because politics is as much about who we are and what we do - it isn't uncommon for me to find old pictures of people being Republican or Democrat and being proud.
When
I’m digging, picking or dumpster-diving I have no agenda, no political
affiliations. I do, however, believe in the right to find things, take pictures
of them and tell and re-tell the story of what it is and how I found it.
Finding
campaign memorabilia is just as good as all the other things I find. It’s a
snapshot or milestone of local history, and if I’m lucky enough - national
history.
My favorite piece is the last image of the
Republic Club of Danbury performing the musical “HMS Pinafore” at the Empress
Theater in 1921. This Danbury, CT building was built around 1850 and was known
as the Princess Theater until it was converted to show movies and became the
Empress. It’s still an entertainment venue today though it had been reduced in
size from what is pictured here.
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