At the start of a new year, newspaper carrier boys in major urban areas offered their subscribers premiums like prints and poetic broadsides to garner tips. This version of the Declaration, with a scene of the signing ceremony and portraits of the first fifteen presidents, came out in January 1859 as the carrier’s address for The Sun newspaper in Philadelphia. That same year, carriers at The Public Ledger, The Sun’s competitor, also offered the print.
Publication / Creation Year
1858