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[DOUGLASS, Frederick (1818-1895) and Booker T. WASHINGTON (1856-1915)]. “Onward”. N.p., 1903. A “racial uplift” lithographic poster (483 x 381 mm), few small creases, some spotting in margins, small dampstain at lower edge. The central image is a 1903 montage by W.L. Haskell featuring portraits of Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Booker T. Washington and smaller vignettes from each of their lives, along with Lady Liberty waving a scroll: “Truth and justice shall not fail, Work and wisdom shall prevail.” THIS IS THE EARLIER VARIANT, containing text at both the top and bottom with a paragraph on the Tuskegee Institute, followed by short biographies of each of the three men.