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"Free Karl" Poster
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Poster advocating the release of Karl Armstrong, who was incarcerated for his involvement in the 1970 Sterling Hall bombing on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Features the words, "Free Karl" over an image of a flame. Caption at bottom reads, "Karl Armstrong is a prisoner of war charged with the bombing of the A.M.R.C., a military research center in Madison, Wisconsin. Please send contributions to the Karl Armstrong Defense Comm., c/o Madison Defense League, Box 1134, Madison, Wis. 53700."
April 1972
RPM Offset Printers, Inc.
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Karl Armstrong Solidarity Poster
February 1972
Poster from 1972, voicing support for Karl Armstrong and his involvement in the Sterling Hall bombing on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus in 1970.
"A.M.R.C. The Real Murderers" Sign
April 1972
Sign board used for protest in the wake of the Sterling Hall bombing that reads, "AMRC The Real Murderers,"in watercolor.
Karl Armstrong for District Attorney
November 1972
Polemical political poster advocating Karl Armstrong for District Attorney of Wisconsin. Text reads, "We will be free. We see the AMRC blast as more than just the destruction of one building. We se...
Free The Camp McCoy 3 Poster
December 1972
Poster advocating for the release of the Camp McCoy 3--Tom Chase, Steve Geden, and Daniel Kreps, 3 GI's--for their involvement in the bombing of Camp McCoy in Wisconsin. Shows the three of them in ...
"Drop What You're Doing"
January 10, 1971
Poster advertising the visit of Defense Secretary Melvin Laird to the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Features a caricatured Laird sitting in an airplane amongst bombs, with other bombs falling ou...
