Suffragettes at 1912 Political Rally, Outstanding Series of Photographs 

Lot of 3 outstanding photographs of a 1912 political rally in New Hampshire. All silver gelatin prints by Kimball of Concord, NH; two mounted to 8 x 10 in., the third to 5.75 x 7.75 in. 

One of the larger views shows a group of women posed in a horse-drawn carriage, holding signs that read Down With Man, We Want Our Rights, and National Suffrage Party / Maimie Magilicuddy for President / Mary Milholland for Vice Pres. The driver appears to be  a woman dressed as a man, one woman wears a mustache, and one wears blackface. 

The other larger view looks down upon a crowd of enthusiastic supporters of all three major candidates in the 1912 presidential race.  Two men in front hold Roosevelt & Johnson posters, two people are dressed as a Republican elephant, one man is dressed as Teddy Roosevelt, and several people wear blackface and other costumes, and many hold signs (including the women's rights signs seen in the aforementioned photograph).  Signs include: We Want Protection / Vote for Taft; Massa Taft Say Open Season Fo' Possum (held by a man in blackface); Vote For Woodrow Wilson; Muck-Rakers; Win With Wilson; Do We Get Your Goat or Your Vote? (held by a woman); We Want Music With Our Meals; Vote Lydia Pinkham For Next President (held by a woman--Lydia Pinkham's was a popular brand of "women's tonic" used to treat menstrual pain); We Vote For First Man That Gives Us A Square Meal (held by a man in blackface); Give Us What We Want / We'll Get It Anyhow (held by a woman); and more. The smaller view shows a man speaking to many of the same people seen in the first two photographs.

"Down with Man" view with light soiling on the print in the upper third and at lower right, and a few small scuffs at upper left.  Smaller view unevenly trimmed along the lower edge of the mount.