[COMMUNISM - MICHIGAN]

Hand-Painted Banner: "Elect Communists! Kristalsky for Mayor"

[Hamtramck, MI]: [1934]. Hand-painted banner, 8.5cm x 65cm (ca 3-1/4" x 26"). In red and black on a white background. Old stains and tape adhesions; complete and Good.

Scarce relic from the 1934 Hamtramck, Michigan mayoral campaign, in which George Kristalsky and a slate of seven communist candidates for City Council were defeated. Hamtramck, a working-class suburb of Detroit, was a center of radical labor activity during the Great Depression.

Price: $250.00

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