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Poster

Testing the First Reaping Machine

Date: 1883
Description: Advertising lithograph depicting the first public demonstration of a mechanical reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steeles Tavern, Virginia, in 1831. The sc...
Poster

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...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Underground Newspaper Cover: The Rag

Date: 03 1969
Description: Cover of "The Rag." an underground newspaper, featuring a photograph of a young-looking girl smoking a marijuana joint.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Underground Newspaper Cover: Maine Times

Date: 11 26 1971
Description: Cover of "Maine Times," an underground newspaper, featuring a photograph of a boy holding a rifle and posing next to a deer, suspended from his garage. The...
Poster

For Food... For Freedom

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Description: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee poster showing a close-up of a child with a dirty face.
Print

Blatz Advertisment

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Description: Advertisement for Blatz Private Stock, a "de-alcoholized" beer brewed in Milwaukee during Prohibition. Depicts a couple picnicking near a lake and mountain...
Print

Black Christmas

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Description: Holiday card of an African American child standing next to a snowman. The child is wearing a jacket, snow pants, boots, stocking cap and earmuffs. The snow...
Poster

"Dec. 8th Fast to Save a People" Poster

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Description: Social action poster advertising a fast. The caption reads: "Dec. 8th Fast to save a people." Below is a photograph of a Pakistani family. Text continues: ...
Drawing

Opening Day Fishing Season (Unpublished)

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Description: Imaginative pen-and-ink drawing that collages several scenes: a cigar-smoking fisherman holding a broken rod; a young Nancy Ryan with one leg propped on a ...
Poster

Save Your Child from Autocracy and Poverty

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a small child, naked except for socks and shoes, standing in front of the Torch of Liberty. Poster text reads: "Save Yo...
Poster

Save Your Child from Autocracy and Poverty

Date: 1918
Description: Poster depicts a small child, naked except for socks and shoes, standing in front of the Torch of Liberty. Poster text reads: "Save Your Child From Autocra...
Poster

Comment ils écrivent L'Histoire

Date: 1918
Description: Poster depicting three soldiers resting on a battlefield. One soldier is smoking a pipe, one soldier is writing a letter, and the third soldier is looking ...
Book or Pamphlet

A Page from "Louisiana Story" Brochure

Date: 1963
Description: Two photographs featured in a "Louisiana Story" brochure. In the top image, CORE worker Daniel Mitchell interviews a potential voter on a porch with three ...

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