Presidential Ticket 1932: Foster / Ford

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Poster: Equal Rights for Negroes Everywhere! Vote Communist.
Communist presidential ticket: William Z. Foster and James W. Ford, 1932 Lithograph and letterpress, 26 9/16 x 19 1/4” (67.5 x 48.9 cm)

The two posters seen above and below announcing William Z. Foster’s and James W. Ford’s bid for the presidential ticket in 1932 were recently returned to us from loan to the exhibition Blacklisted: An American Story at The New York Historical (June 13, 2025–November 2, 2025), and the Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum, Washington, DC (March 6–September 6, 2026). Two additional posters from the campaign are shown below.

(A gentle reminder: Early voting for the general election is from Saturday October 24–Sunday November 1, 2026. Election Day is Tuesday November 3, 2026.)

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Poster: Demand Unemployment Insurance Relief. Vote Communist.
Communist presidential ticket: William Z. Foster and James W. Ford, 1932 Letterpress, 22 x 17” (55.8 x 43.2 cm)

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Poster: Vote Communist for a Workers and Farmers Government, 1932
Lithograph and letterpress, 21 3/4 x 16 3/4” (55.2 x 42.5 cm)

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Poster: Hear Mary Himoff Speak on Why You Should Support the Communists, Young Communist League, Foster and Ford, c. 1932
Letterpress, 22 x 17” (55.8 x 43.2 cm)

October 22, 2026