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Philadelphia voter registration fraud photographs, 1939
Philadelphia voter registration fraud photographs, 1939
Philadelphia voter registration fraud photographs, 1939
Philadelphia voter registration fraud photographs, 1939
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Philadelphia voter registration fraud photographs, 1939

Permanent ID:
12714
Call number:
V7:3431
Date:
September 12 1939
Image Description:
This photo depicts shacks where seven "phantom" people were listed as registered to vote. "Phantom voters" are people registered to vote at addresses where they do not actually live.

James Wallace - Registration Illegal
This photograph depicts Philadelphia resident James Wallace standing beside a shack. Wallace and his wife Vivian were originally from Virginia. Wallace lived on Wellington st. at around the time this photo was taken.
Inscription:
Phila. Registrations - Illegal

Seven "Phantoms" Registered From This Shack

Forty-seven good men and true registered Republican from shacks like this one at 2708 S. 4th St.  The truck body conatins one cot.  It is on a dump which extends for several blocks.  Registrars are protesting the registration. (Verso)

Registraion Illegal - James Wallace
Home on "punys" 4th and Oregon
  (Verso)
Address:
Philadelphia
Format:
Photographs
Dimensions:
Width: 24 cm, Height: 15.5 cm (image)
Width: 21.59 cm, Height: 16.51 cm (image)
Collection:
Philadelphia Record photograph morgue