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Frank Stockdale, The Mirthful Orator With A Message

Date: 1913
Description: International Harvester Service Bureau poster for speaker "Frank Stockdale, The Mirthful Orator With A Message."
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The Dawn of Plenty

Date: 1913
Description: Advertising poster for speaker Frank Stockdale and his program: "An Illustrated Story, the Dawn of Plenty." The program is described as a "Vital Entertaini...
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The Dawn of Plenty

Date: 1913
Description: Advertising poster for speaker Frank Stockdale and his program: "An Illustrated Story, the Dawn of Plenty." The program is described as a "Vital Entertaini...
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Harry Edwards and the Midwesterners Poster

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Description: Advertising poster for the band Harry Edwards and the Midwesterners. Text includes "Riding Into Town".
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Canton Works Illustration

Date: 1919
Description: Chart or sign illustrating the "New Plow Works of the International Harvester Co. Canton, Illinois." The middle of the poster features an article titled "H...
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"A Midsummer Night's Dream" Poster

Date: 04 1971
Description: Poster announcing a performance of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," at Broom Street Theater in Madison, Wisconsin. Performed by the Broom Street ...
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Tuschen & Hannibal Poem Book Poster

Date: 04 1971
Description: Poster for "Thighs, Sighs, and Other Things," by John Tuschen and "Belly Lint," by Hannibal. Includes list of various Madison bookstores where it was avail...
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Rock-N-Roll Festival Poster

Date: 06 1971
Description: Poster advertising for a Rock-n-Roll music festival, featuring Warner Brothers recording artist Brownsville Station, Hound Dog Moses, and Tongue. Promoted ...
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The Energy That Moves The Atom Moves You

Date: 03 1973
Description: Poster publicizing a talk with Mahatma Parlokanand speaking about the teachings of Satguru Maharaj Ji, a spiritual Perfect Master. Features a picture of Sa...
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Peter Saul Visiting Artist Poster

Date: 1975
Description: Poster publicizing a lecture by Peter Saul, a visiting artist in the University of Wisconsin-Madison art department. Features a crude cartoon of a woman ho...
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Bob Clampett Great Hall Event

Date: 02 1975
Description: Poster publicizing an event with Bob Clampett, creator of Beany & Cecil, Elmer Fudd, and Bugs Bunny. Event featured a screening of a 15 year retrospective ...
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"Poetry Reading"

Date: 11 1970
Description: A poster advertising a poetry reading in the Old Madison room in the Memorial Union on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The poet is Cid Corman, ...
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Wanted: 25,000 Student Nurses

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Description: Poster recruiting student nurses to aid in the war effort. Depicts a young woman, in a nurse's uniform, with her right hand raised to her heart. Behind her...
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Rally Advertisement

Date: 12 1970
Description: Poster advertising for a rally at the Wisconsin State Capitol. Speakers include Fania Davis Jordan (Angela Davis' sister), Abner Spence, and Frank Battagli...
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Junbruss Master of Arts Exhibition

Date: 01 22 1971
Description: Poster advertising an art exhibition by Junbruss held on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus in the George L. Mosse Humanities building. The poster ...
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Black and White Photography Contest

Date: 02 12 1971
Description: Poster advertising a black and white photography contest sponsored by the Union Crafts Committee. Winning photographs would be exhibited in the Union Galle...
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For Your Boy

Date: 1918
Description: Poster depicting a man in military uniform pouring coffee for a younger soldier, who is sitting with a rifle across his lap. There is a YMCA sign behind th...
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The Red Cross War Fund Poster

Date: 1914
Description: "If You Can't Go Across With A Gun Come Across With Your Part Of The Red Cross War Fund." Poster depicting a man, wounded and bleeding with his arm in a sl...
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Fond Du Lac Badger Boys, of the First Regiment, State of Wisconsin

Date: 1861
Description: A hand-drawn poster, produced by S.W. Martin's Writing Academy of Madison, listing the officers and men of the 1st Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, ...
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Kickapoo Rangers of the Twelfth Regiment

Date: 1861
Description: Hand-drawn poster by S.W. Martin of the Civil War officers and men of the Kickapoo Rangers of the 12th Regiment, Company K. Above and to the left of the li...

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