2010.54.5893

Paul Revere wasn't the only midnight courier
c. 1988
30.19 in HIGH x 20.19 in WIDE
(76.68 cm HIGH x 51.28 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.5893

In bottom right of image is "(c) 1988 G. Heileman Brewing Company, Inc., La Crosse, Wisconsin and Other Citites." In lower left corner of image is the Colt 45 Malt Liquor logo.

Poster consists of a full color image with black print on white paper. Image depicts an African American soldier in a Union uniform on a brown horse holding a yellow flag with "Free At Last" on it at night. Text includes a paragraph explaining how Union soldiers rode across southern plantations carrying the message of emancipation to slaves in the middle of June 1865 which Later became known as Juneteenth and the text "Paul Revere wasn't the only / midnight courier / Colt 45 Salutes / Juneteenth."
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