A rare copy of the Declaration of Independence and photographs from the Cincinnati Museum Center’s renowned J. P. Ball collection will go on display this summer. The exhibits are part of the nation’s America 250 commemoration.
The copy of the Declaration of Independence is known as the Holt broadside printing. It was made by New York printer John Holt on July 9, 1776. Of the 500 copies made by Holt, only five are known to still exist and have been authenticated.
A museum spokesman tells WVXU the document is almost never removed from storage and this will be just the second time it’s ever been displayed. It was first removed from the vault, briefly, for an exhibit in 2015…