A 1906 advertisement for the Gratz Fair featuring a facsimile of a $100 Confederate States of America bank note on one side and, in the same style as the note, information about the fair on the reverse side.
The bank note has a scene with two Rebel soldiers, a portrait of Jefferson Davis, and what appears to be a Southern woman.
On the reverse is the following ad:
ATTEND THE NEW GRATZ FAIR
AT GRATZ, PENNSYLVANIA, OCTOBER 16 – 17 – 18 – 19 – 1906
BIGGER, BETTER, GRANDER THAN EVER.
UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT.
Israel Daniel, President —— Prof. Harry Smith, Secretary
In addition, the following promotional statements were made:
A Marvelous Exhibition.
A Gorgeous Display in Every Department.
A Complete Innovation.
A Splendid Time for Everybody.
Watch for the Special Attractions.
Over 100 Special Attractions.
It is not known why the new officers of the fair chose to use a Confederate bank note as the central theme in the advertisement; its use should have been seen as glorifying a seditious and traitorous rebellion that took the lives of more than 600,000 Americans. The main purpose of the rebellion was to retain what its leaders believed to be their God-given right to hold other human being in lifetime bondage. Were the new leaders of the Fair, Israel Daniel and Harry Smith supporting that cause?
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