Milton Shapp shaking hands with another man beside a campaign van advertising labor support for Shapp for Governor, Staisey for Lieutenant Governor in front of the Penn Theater and Mayflower Coffee Shop

ca. 1963-1969

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Milton Shapp shaking hands with another man beside a campaign van advertising labor support for Shapp for Governor, Staisey for Lieutenant Governor in front of the Penn Theater and Mayflower Coffee Shop
  • Title
  • Milton Shapp shaking hands with another man beside a campaign van advertising labor support for Shapp for Governor, Staisey for Lieutenant Governor in front of the Penn Theater and Mayflower Coffee Shop
  • Creator
  • Harris, Charles Teenie
  • Date
  • ca. 1963-1969
  • Identifier
  • 1996.69.492
  • Source Identifier
  • Carnegie Museum of Art 1996.69.492
  • Description
  • Milton Shapp (1912-1994), candidate for the governorship of Pennsylvania, shakes hands with another man beside a white van with a poster reading Teamsters Local 249, Labor for Shapp, governor,--Staisey, Lt. governor, A.F.L.-C.I.O.-Teamsters, Vote Democratic." Shapp and Staisey ran unsuccessfully on the Democratic ticket in 1966. In 1971 Shapp ran with a different running mate and won the election. He served as governor of Pennsylvania from 1971 to 1978. Directly behind the van is the marquee for the Loew's Penn Theatre, with the Mayflower Coffee Shop on the right."
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Political campaigns--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Advertising--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Men--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Shapp, Milton J., 1912-
    Politicians--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Labor Unions--Pennsylvania.
    African Americans--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Campaign posters--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Election campaigns--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
  • Source
  • Teenie Harris Photograph Collection, 1920-1970
  • Contributor
  • Carnegie Museum of Art
  • Collection
  • Teenie Harris Photographs
  • Rights Information
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  • Rights Holder
  • Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh