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Nikita Khrushchev Visits Iowa Farm

Date: 1959
Description: Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev inspecting hogs on a farm. Khrushchev is accompanied by Roswell "Bob" Garst and Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge.
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That Feed Won't Do

Date: 1860
Description: Soldier-farmer, "Jeffy" (Jefferson) Davis, in full uniform with a straw hat is giving feed (bonds) to a sow (the Confederacy). The sow is in turn feeding i...
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Whole Or None

Date: 1860
Description: A pig with a small saddle on his back. A Union flag is set in the middle of the saddle. On the side of the pig is the text: "WHOLE OR NONE." Blue and red i...
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I Always Win

Date: 1860
Description: An elephant wearing boots is carrying a banner that reads: "I ALWAYS WIN." The banner has a face on the left end and is holding up the elephant's tail with...
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2d Edition!!!

Date: 1860
Description: A man, probably Jefferson Davis, riding a pig carrying a sign that reads: "2d EDITION!!! 40,000 Killed, Wounded, THIS ONE MISSING! VIA CINCINNATI!" Blue in...
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Film Still from "The Clodhopper"

Date: 1917
Description: Film still of a group outdoors at a Fourth of July picnic. A man is chasing a small pig in the center of a group of people.
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Greased Pig Chase at the Hustler Harvest Festival

Date: 1922
Description: View down unpaved Main Street of a group of men racing after a pig during the Hustler Harvest Festival. On the right is the Nash Service Station and the M....
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"We Say: Beware of Shifty Pick Pockets!"

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Description: Red octopus with a black hat on its head, and all its arms marked by the name of kinds of taxes, such as "Utility Tax" and "Food Tax." On the face of the o...
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Piggy Politician

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Description: Black on white cartoon head of a pig wearing hat, spectacles, moustache, and coat and tie. Written on the side in large red an dblack letters the text read...

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