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Date

1971

Manufacturer

Bob Everson Enterprises

Dimensions

11 3/4 x 7 1/4 in. (29.8 x 18.4 cm)

Accession Number

2010.012.000

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

Cardboard fans were a common sight in North Carolina when this version was distributed there in 1971. One side celebrated the unprecedented number of African Americans who took office that January. The other advertised an insurance company. Fans with images of African-American Members of Congress were produced on a national scale for use in churches and at parades, with local businesses printing their advertisements on the reverse.

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