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| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Poster issued by the Milwaukee County League of Women Voters that graphically urges women to vote. |
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| Description: | Chromolithographed advertising poster of the Herman Toser Co., of Milwaukee, importers of wines and liquors. The poster depicts a young Italian woman in tr... |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | Poster for the 1934 "Century of Progress" World's Fair in Chicago showing a woman surrounded by abstract representations of the sights and sounds of the fa... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The first house in Waukesha County, built in 1836. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Harry W. Bolens, an inventor, obtained patents on chair and furniture fixtures, power garden tractors and lawn mowers. He helped organize the Gilson Manfac... |
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| Description: | Poster advertising that the Crow Creek Indian Reservation is "now open for settlement." |
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| Description: | Safety poster issued by the Safety Engineering Department of Employers Mutual Insurance Company of Wausau, Wisconsin, to urge automobile drivers not to spe... |
| Date: | 06 1917 |
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| Description: | Poster issued by the Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of Wisconsin to persuade Wisconsin farmers of the value of a silo. Farmers were par... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Poster created by the National Dairy Council, to promote the dairy industry. Poster text reads: "Make America Strong! by Making Americans Stronger. June Da... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Frank A. Hutchins from the cover of a program for a testimonial dinner in his honor. |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| Description: | Poster promoting the twentieth annual Mesquakie Indian Powwow in Iowa. The poster features a portrait of Young Bear. |
| Date: | 07 1931 |
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| Description: | Advertisement for a celebration to commemorate the 640th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Switzerland and the 86th anniversary of the foundin... |
| Date: | 09 01 1884 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising the need for workers to pick cranberries for the Wisconsin Cranberry Company. |
| Date: | 11 1951 |
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| Description: | Poster issued by Democrat Henry S. Reuss as part of his campaign for the U.S. Senate seat held by Joseph R. McCarthy. Reuss declared his candidacy on Nove... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Campaign poster for Joseph R. McCarthy's campaign for circuit judge. McCarthy was considered an underdog in this race, but he campaigned successfully by dr... |
| Date: | 11 05 1946 |
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| Description: | Campaign poster for Republican candidate Joseph R. McCarthy, for U.S. Senate from Wisconsin. His image is a painted portrait. |
| Date: | 11 28 1861 |
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| Description: | Civil War recruiting poster for the 5th Wisconsin Regiment written in German. |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | Handmade poster alluding to a statement from American social and political activist Tom Hayden, in which he allegedly asked, "[Is it] time to pick up a gun... |
| Date: | 04 29 1970 |
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| Description: | Handmade poster that reads, "Don't rely on a chemical high, try Jesus." Includes a drawing of a hippie figure, wearing a vest with a button that says, "Ha... |
| Date: | 11 07 1970 |
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| Description: | Handmade poster, meant for comments responding to the original inquiry, "the Bible prophesies that man will be on the virge [sic] of self-destruction (Batt... |
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