Poll tax receipt for Lee Carr from Hardin County, Texas
National Museum of African American History and Culture

Poll tax receipt for Lee Carr from Hardin County, Texas

Maverick Clarke, American · 1955

lithographic ink on paper (fiber product)
National Museum of African American History and Culture
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of African American History and Culture

A poll tax receipt made out to Lee Carr. The receipt is on white paper with black and red ink and has set fields including Age, State, Citizen, Sex, and Race. The information is filled out by hand. The receipt, issued in 1955, provides that the voter has paid the $1.50 poll tax in Hardin County, Texas. The receipt was produced by Maverick Clarke printers.

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