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War Bonds Advertising Poster

Date: 1949
Description: Advertising poster for International trucks promoting United States government bonds. Features a color illustration of an International K-line truck pullin...
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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 Ralph Bedford and his program: "An Illustrated Story, the Dawn of Plenty." The program is described as a "Vital Entertaining...
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The Dawn of Plenty

Date: 1913
Description: Advertising poster for speaker Royce Hamilton and his program: "An Illustrated Story, the Dawn of Plenty." The program is described as a "Vital Entertainin...
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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...
Poster

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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Millhouse: A White Comedy

Date: 1974
Description: Poster advertising an Australian release of Emile de Antonio's 1971 documentary "Millhouse: A White Comedy," about the political career of Richard Nixon. T...
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"Černý Petr" (Black Peter) Film Poster

Date: 1964
Description: Czechoslovakian film poster with a white background and black lettering. Along the bottom is a photographic image of three young men and a woman talking, s...
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Roosevelt and Johnson

Date: 1912
Description: Poster featuring Theodore Roosevelt and his running mate in the 1912 presidential campaign, Hiram Johnson. Both men are wearing suits and eyeglasses and ar...
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Sir — don't waste

Date: 1917
Description: Poster with an illustration of a man eating at a table in a restaurant and smoking a cigar. Food is still on the plates in front of him. Male waiters in th...
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Are You Working with Schwab?

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring a photograph of Charles Schwab overseeing men who are working in a shipyard. Text reads: "Charles M. Schwab, Director General of the Emerg...
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Boost Your Job!

Date: 1918
Description: Poster with two cartoons under the headline. The cartoon on the left shows a man is nailing a sign to a padlocked door, which is labeled "Opportunity." The...
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We Are Human 'Round Here

Date: 1918
Description: Poster with two cartoon panels. In the first, at top left, a man in a suit has his hand on the shoulder of a man in overalls and is asking, "Do you find th...
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When You Attack Men Who Maintain Pay Rolls

Date: 1918
Description: Poster with two cartoon panels. In the one on the left, a man wearing a hat and smoking a cigar is carrying a sack labeled "Agitator." He is demanding of a...
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Good Business Law

Date: 1918
Description: Poster with two cartoon panels. In the first panel on the left, a man is sing at a desk with a roll labeled "Plans" and saying to another man, who is stand...
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Stick To Your Job

Date: 1918
Description: Poster including two cartoon panels. In the first on the left, a workman smoking a cigarette and with his coat over his arm is trying to shake hands with a...
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The Man at the Bench

Date: 1918
Description: Poster including two cartoon panels. In the first on the left, titled "The Bench Worker in the Office," a seated man in a suit is saying to a man standing ...
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The Iron Heel

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring a caricaure in which a mule, wearing a hat with an American flag and Red Cross flag, and branded with "U.S.A.," is standing over three men...
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Uncle Sam Says: "All the Kings in the World Can't Beat my Hand"

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring a cartoon of a smiling Uncle Sam pointing to a hand of cards, which all feature men and are labeled: "Farmer, Consumer, Banker, Wage Earne...
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The Biggest Gun in the War for Democracy

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring a cartoon panel depicting Uncle Sam firing a cannon labeled: "American Industry" to send supplies across the Atlantic towards people stand...

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