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Field name | Value |
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Title | A Vote for the Free State is a Vote for Emigration or Starvation. Vote Republican for Freedom and Prosperity |
Date | c.1922 |
Document Type | Leaflet |
Reference | EPH C105 |
Library / Archive | National Library of Ireland |
Collection Name | Ephemera Collection |
Description | Features an oval with an illustration [signed Fionnbharr] with people boarding a ship, carrying suitcases with New York and USA tags attached to them. A large sign readers "Emigration office". Outside of this oval, a caricature of Tim Healy says: "We promised the people a 'drainage scheme', and there it is!". Underneath reads " A vote for the Free State is a Vote for Emigration and Starvation / Vote Republican for Freedom and Prosperity". |
Theme(s) | Motives for Emigration; Politics, Legislation and Governance |
Country (from) | Ireland |
Country (to) | United States of America |
Ports | New York, United States |
Nationality | Irish; European |
People | Healy, Timothy |
Keywords | luggage, art, emigration, emigrant, shipping, emigration scheme, government, pull factor, starvation, satire, politics |
Language | English |
Copyright | Courtesy of the National Library of Ireland |