EPHEMERA : POSTERS

Title: Vote Unionist
Object Name: Political poster
Maker: Ulster Unionist Party (Primary maker)
Date Made: 1973
1973
Place Made: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Belfast
Belfast
Description: This poster was produced by the Ulster Unionist Party for the 1973 local government (District Council) election. This was the first Northern Ireland election to use a proportional representation system of voting since the 1920s while the local government system and council boundaries had been completely reformed since the previous election in 1967. Mustard-coloured with black & white photographic portraits of two children.
Materials: paper
Place Collected
Date Collected: 1973
1973
Catalogue Number: BELUM.O349.1973
Copyright: National Museums NI

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