Unrecorded 19th-Century Chicago Voting Guide

[Voting]: [Illinois]:

Home Guide for Voters. Wards 23-24 [wrapper title].

[Chicago: 1892]. [32]pp. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Minor staining and soiling to wrappers. Light soiling to last few leaves, otherwise clean internally. Very good. Item #13077

An unrecorded voting guide / directory issued for Chicagoans in Wards 23 and 24 ahead of the 1892 elections. The work alternates between advertisements on the versos and information on voting procedures, polling places, regulations for illiterate voters, employer's liability, electioneering at the polls, and more, printed on the rectos. The latter few leaves include statistics on the U.S. population, a breakdown of the popular and electoral votes in the previous election in 1888, city populations, and information on local theaters, railway depots, express companies, and public parks. The 1892 election in Chicago occurred just one year before the famous 1893 Colombian Exposition. The advertisers here include an inordinate number of liquor stores, cigar dealers, and saloons. No copies in OCLC.

Price: $550