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Gisholt Workers Posing with Safety Sign

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Description: Workers posing outside a factory building at Gisholt Machine Company by a large sign for an employee contest that reads: "Safety Pays at Gisholt." The sign...
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Interior of Del Wood's Country Store

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Description: Elevated interior view of Del Wood's Country Store. Items are on display on open shelves, and on shelves set up on barrels. Two people are standing in the ...
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Sid Looking at Dollar Bill

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Description: View of Sid standing on steps while looking down at a one dollar bill laying on the floor. Sid is holding an open umbrella above his head and has a cigar i...
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Sales Safari

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Description: Drawing depicting a man wearing a suit and a safari hat crouching on the ground next to his briefcase, following the scent of an "Order" to dollar signs. T...
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Ducks Unlimited Door Prizes

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Description: View of a stage displaying the door prizes for a Ducks Unlimited event. Four members, all men, of Ducks Unlimited are standing on the left and right of the...
Drawing

Commercial Art for Cecil's Sandals

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Description: Pen and ink drawing of a man with a large nose looking down at his feet. He is wearing sandals. Caption reads: "He Nose Comfort and Health from Head to Toe...
Drawing

Drawing of Sid on $100 Bill

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Description: Portrait of Sid with a cigar in his mouth on a $100 bill. On the left is a drawing of a cow's mouth, ears and horns around the "Federal Reserve Bank" seal....
Drawing

Man Standing on Globe of Earth

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Description: Drawing of a man wearing a suit and a hat standing on the globe of the earth. The text: "You and Me" is written on the left, with an arrow below pointing t...
Drawing

"Strictly Business"

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Description: Cartoon of a man sitting behind the desk of an office in the Gisholt service department, talking to another man who is carrying a briefcase with the tag "G...
Poster

"Lower your standard of living — Pay your taxes!"

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Description: Cartoon figures drawn in color, with Uncle Sam holding a vacuum cleaner hose for sucking dollar bills away from a small figure, wearing only a barrel. Text...
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"Vote for Your Favorite Bull Thrower"

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Description: A man in a black suit and hat, with a red nose, has his mouth open while holding a serene looking bull by the back legs. In the man'ss left hand is a large...
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"Information Needed . . ."

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Description: Satirical drawing of a man pushing a wheelbarrow to carry his oversized belly that reads: "Information Needed: $10,000.00 Reward for any Politician or Bura...
Poster

A Race with Death and Taxes

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Description: Cartoon of Uncle Sam, on the left, rolling up his sleeves, watching a man and the Grim Reaper running towards him. In the center is a barrier marked: "Stan...
Poster

"The Big Rip Off!"

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Description: A man with his mouth open, and wearing a hat and sunglasses is sitting on a sulky (two-wheeled horse racing vehicle) while holding empty reins out in front...
Poster

"It's Too Bad That the Taxpayer . . ."

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Description: Cartoon of an overweight man wearing a suit and tie. Text reads: "It's too bad that the taxpayer can't vote for a job and raise his own salary! As his poli...
Poster

"4 More Years of What?"

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Description: Black on white caricature of President Jimmy Carter with wide grin, and the word "WHAT" in red letters. Question marks surround his head. The text reads: "...
Print

"Some Times It's Hard to Pick Up A Buck!" Exterior

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Description: Two-fold graphic creation by Sid, exterior front and back. The front pictures a photograph of Sid looking down at a dollar bill on the ground. He is holdin...
Poster

It's a Dog's Life!

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Description: A group of men and women with their tongues hanging out of their mouths are running low to the ground on all fours, kicking up dust. There are dollar signs...
Drawing

Taxpayer

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Description: Cartoon drawing, black on white of a man wearing nothing but a barrel, which is labeled "Taxpayer." He is holding newspapers in each hand. The headlines re...
Drawing

"I'm a Lifeguard for Good Meats"

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Description: Advertising design for Nepco Meats, Co. showing a man in a sailor hat and overalls floating in a life buoy. Text on the right reads: "I'm a lifeguard for g...

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