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Sow the Seeds of Victory!

Date: 1918
Description: World War I poster promoting individuals to garden and can vegetables for the war effort. Produced by the National War Garden Commission.
Poster

It's Better with Butter!

Date: 1941
Description: Color poster created by the National Dairy Council, Chicago, of butter and buttered food items such as pancakes, baked potatoes, and a steak, displayed on ...
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The Health Of The Child Is The Power Of The Nation

Date: 1918
Description: A group of children walking up a grassy hill together, with text that reads: "The health of the child is the power of the nation," and "Children's Year." C...
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Students for a Democratic Society Protest Poster

Date: 11 01 1970
Description: Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) protest in Detroit, November 3, 1970. Text at the top reads: "Nov. 3 — Elections Are A Hoax!" Handwritten on the le...
Poster

Madison Alliance for Homosexual Equality

Date: 1970
Description: Poster promoting a meeting of M.A.H.E. (Madison Alliance for Homosexual Equality) to be held every Wednesday evening at 9:00pm at the St. Francis House.
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Gay Dance

Date: 1971
Description: Poster promoting a gay dance to be held at 10 Langdon Street. A .75 donation is suggested for the National Gay Convention, on Thankgsgiving in Madison. The...
Poster

Gay Dance

Date: 1972
Description: Poster promoting a gay dance to be held at the Memorial Union's Old Madison Room. Donation fee of .50 requested. Additional graffitti reads "No Union Scabs...
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Those Gay Boys are Takin' Over

Date: 1971
Description: Poster produced by the Madison Gay Liberation Front promoting their weekly meeting at the St. Francis House, located at 1001 University Avenue. A young man...
Poster

Urgent Lesbian Meeting

Date: 1973
Description: Poster proclaiming the need for an urgent lesbian meeting. Poster depicts Athena with shield. Agenda for meeting includes a speakers bureau, counseling gro...
Poster

Come Out Together

Date: 1971
Description: Poster for dance, to be held at 10 Langdon Street, sponsored by the Gay Liberation Front. Includes the symbols of Mars, the symbol for a male organism or m...
Poster

Cabaret Entertainment

Date: 1979
Description: Poster for cabaret entertainment at L'etoile Jazz Club, 25 N. Pinckney Street, featuring Lisa Davis et Bil Meredith and Lynette, on June 10, 1979.
Poster

"Woman's Action Movement"

Date: 09 05 1970
Description: Poster advertising the "Woman's Action Movement" and their weekly meetings held at the Union "Every Thurs. 7:30 pm." The graphic on the poster is a female ...
Poster

"Vista Lives"

Date: 12 1968
Description: A poster for VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) and the non-profit's visit to campus. "Free flicks and discussion" were held at the Union, in additio...
Poster

"Homecoming for the G.I.s"

Date: 10 28 1970
Description: Poster advertising a weekend-long rally held October 30-November 1, 1970 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. An illustrated soldier rests with h...
Poster

Revolutionary People's Constitutional Convention Poster

Date: 11 1970
Description: A poster announcing an informational meeting on the Revolutionary People's Constitutional Convention. The convention was held September 7, 1970 by The Blac...
Poster

Peace Corps Poster

Date: 11 1970
Description: A poster advertising Peace Corps informational sessions at the Memorial Union on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, designed by Peace Corps Volunt...
Poster

Women's Action Movement

Date: 02 08 1971
Description: Poster advertising the all campus meeting for the women's action movement. The poster features nine identical portraits of a woman.
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Workers League Demonstration

Date: 04 19 1971
Description: Poster advertising the organized demonstration "against Imperialism for Socialism" held on April 24, 1971. Features an image of protestors holding signs wi...
Poster

"Join the SMC"

Date: 04 20 1971
Description: Poster promoting the Student Mobilization Committee and its goals to end the war in Southeast Asia. Features protesters tying down a caricatured figure of...
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"Science for the People"

Date: 06 06 1971
Description: Poster advertising the role of science in society. Features a butterfly, and a hand holding a flower, with text filling the interior of the design.

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