Election night, Chicago, Illinois

Black and white photograph of a democratic rally held on election night in support of Democratic nominee, Dan Walker, during the 1972 Illinois gubernatorial election in Chicago, Illinois. Incumbent first-term Republican governor Richard B. Ogilvie lost reelection in an upset to the Democratic nominee, Dan Walker. In the photograph, Walker is standing at a podium and waving to his crowd of supporters, while one of them is holding up their hand in a "peace sign" in support and a poster for "Walker for Governor, Hartigan for Lieutenant Governor" is hanging along the balcony in the background. Scanned from the negative.

1970s

1972-11-07

Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives

RHC-183_M304-0005a

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