Real photo postcard of Charles Nigg standing in a street in Maquoketa, Iowa. A large crowd of people stand in the background, including members of the Maquoketa Concert Band with instruments. Mr. Nigg wields a wheelbarrow painted with a message: "From Maquoketa, Iowa to the Pacific Coast or bust!" Charles Nigg paid off a bet relating to the presidential election of 1912 by walking from Iowa to Long Beach, California.

• 1912

1 photograph : gelatin silver print ; 9 x 14 cm (postcard format)

still image

From Maquoketa, Iowa to the Pacific Coast or bust!

Title from caption in negative.

• Maquoketa (Iowa)
• United States

• African Americans
• Elections--Social aspects
• Photographs

• image

• No linguistic content; Not applicable

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2022-02-02