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Norwegian Advertisement for Land

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Description: Advertisement in Norwegian for land in Grand Falls, Ward County, Texas.
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Veterinarian Broadside

Date: 1870
Description: Broadside issued by veterinarian E.W. Palmer of Garden Prairie, Iowa, advertising his large animal services including his weekly Saturday clinic at Moffatt...
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Ku Klux Klan Meeting Program

Date: 10 04 1924
Description: Broadside advertising a meeting and picnic of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) at Miller's Park in Madison, Wisconsin.
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D.F. Tyrrel and Sound Money

Date: 10 22 1896
Description: "Sound Money!". A broadside advertising a talk by D.F. Tyrrel of Marinette, Wisconsin, in behalf of the Republican Presidential candidacy of William McKinl...
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Auction Sale on the Leo Melcher Farm

Date: 1889
Description: Broadside advertising an auction on the Leo Melcher farm. Items for sale included livestock, feed and crops, farm machinery, and household items including ...
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Warning to Traitors

Date: 04 21 1861
Description: "Warning to Traitors." A threatening handbill warning against treasonable and dangerous utterances, signed by the "Vigilance Committee."
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War Notice! Bounty for Volunteers!

Date: 08 02 1862
Description: Civil War Union Army recruitment poster.
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Notice. The Drafting Will Be Continued...

Date: 1862
Description: Civil War Union Army recruitment handbill.
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Union Rally

Date: 09 10 1864
Description: Civil War handbill promoting Union recruitment.
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Silent Drill!

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Description: Poster with long list of parade ground maneuvers for silent drill at the Armory on the corner of State and Adams Streets. Arranged for the use of the Ellsw...
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Volunteers!

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Description: Civil War recruitment poster for the Union Volunteers.
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Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon

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Description: Explanatory text about the work of the Saloon and Saloon Hospital in giving Aid to Soldiers.
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Proclamation. To the Inhabitants of Kentucky!

Date: 08 22 1862
Description: A call to arms issued by Confederate colonel John H. Morgan, asserting that the Confederacy is winning the war. He mentions George B. McClellan, Thomas J. ...
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Attention! Company! The Fox River Zouaves!

Date: 08 24 1861
Description: Civil War Era Union recruitment poster for Fox River Zouaves.
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Broadside of Gettysburg Reunion of Union Veterans

Date: 07 1913
Description: A broadside listing regimental functions at the Gettysburg reunion of Union veterans held at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 1913.
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Union Civil War Draft Notice

Date: 08 28 1862
Description: A Commissioner's Notice of the draft, beginning on the first of September. On the first two days, claims of exemption from military service were to be hear...
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Attention! Mechanics

Date: 10 10 1861
Description: Recruiting poster. At the top is printed "Attention! Mechanics." Underneath is an eagle with a banner in his beak, which reads "Rally, Boys! Rally!" and "Y...
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Notice!!

Date: 11 08 1859
Description: A campaign notice that corrects misinformation being circulated by the candidate's opponents. The text reads, "Notice!! To the Electors of the 8th Senatori...
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Warning To Girls

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Description: Copy of broadside issued by Illinois Vigilance Association for use in railway stations and public buildings. It is a warning to girls that are traveling to...
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Examples of Printed Work

Date: 02 1928
Description: The centerfold of a 24 page promotional booklet produced by The North American Press, founded in 1873 as The Germania Publishing Company by George Brumder ...

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