Obama Makes History
- Title:
- Obama Makes History
- Collection:
- Obama Visual Iconography
- Date:
- ca. 2008-11 to 2009-01
- Location:
- Chicago, Ill.
Washington, D.C. - Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- Obama_055
- Collection Number:
- 6828
- File Name:
- Obama_055.tif
- Culture:
- American
- Work Type:
- political posters
calendars - Materials/Techniques:
- photomontages
- Subject:
- Obama, Barack
Presidents--United States--Election--2008
Presidents--United States--Inauguration
African Americans--Civil rights
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 - Description:
- Poster and calendar created on the occasion of the 2009 January 20 Inauguration of Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States of America, with a montage of black-and-white and color photographs showing the President giving a speech, newspaper headlines following the election, the Obama family at Grant Park in Chicago on Election Night, and Dr. Martin Luther King addressing the crowd at the civil rights March on Washington of 1963.
- Cite As:
- Barack Obama presidential campaign and inauguration collection, #6828. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Barack Obama presidential campaign and inauguration collection
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
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