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Madison Area Recycling Roundup Poster

Date: 11 18 1970
Description: A recycling poster, removed from the front of a Coca-Cola machine, which reads, "A Challenge To The People of The Madison Area." It discusses a pilot progr...
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Madison Traffic Experiment Poster

Date: 08 1971
Description: Poster advertising for an event occurring between August 1971 and February 1972 called the "Traffic Experiment," in Madison. Features screen printed silhou...
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Midge Miller for Assembly

Date: 1978
Description: Poster for Democrat Midge Miller. The poster features cartoons of ordinary people all shouting "Midge Miller for Assembly."
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Janet Higgins Master of Arts Exibition

Date: 01 23 1971
Description: Poster advertising Janet Higgins's art exhibition entitled "People Hangings" held on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus in the George L. Mosse Huma...
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These Men Are Narcotics Agents

Date: 01 1972
Description: Poster alleging that six men, possibly University of Wisconsin-Madison students, are undercover narcotics agents. Poster was created by the defense league ...
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Register Your Discontent. Vote.

Date: 01 1972
Description: Poster encouraging young people to register to vote. Includes a picture of a barefoot man with a guitar and blue jeans (a college student, hippie, musician...
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Wisconsin on Tap

Date: 1975
Description: Poster promoting summer performances by The Wisconsin Peoples History Players. High contrast graphic depiction of dancers and jugglers in front of a blue b...
Poster

"Meat Melvin"

Date: 01 20 1971
Description: Poster advertising Defense Secretary Melvin Laird's visit to the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Features a cartooned Laird cornered in a boxing ring with...
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Six Million Victims Anti-War Poster

Date: 11 1972
Description: Vietnam anti-war poster proclaiming that the human cost of the war has been six million people under Nixon's term as President. Features a picture of Presi...
Poster

Register to Vote Poster, Female

Date: 10 1972
Description: Poster encouraging young people to vote in the 1972 presidential election. Text reads, "Maybe they gave you the right to vote because they thought you'd ne...
Poster

Register to Vote Poster, Male

Date: 1972
Description: Poster encouraging young people to vote in the 1972 presidential election. Text reads, "Maybe they gave you the right to vote because they thought you'd ne...
Poster

Soviet Jewry Freedom Bus

Date: 1971
Description: Recruitment poster for a Soviet Jewry Freedom Bus, advocating the liberation of the Soviet Jewish population. Features large chain links and the phrase "Le...
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"Join the Army"

Date: 03 13 1971
Description: An anti-war poster which reads, "Join the Army. Meet unusual, exciting people - and kill them."
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"Science for the People"

Date: 06 06 1971
Description: Poster advertising the role of science in society. Features a butterfly, and a hand holding a flower, with text filling the interior of the design.
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Judy Greenspan for School Board

Date: 1973
Description: Poster promoting Judy Greenspan for school board. Her platform includes: passage of the high school bill of rights, an end to discriminatory practices agai...
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Anti-Anita Bryant Bash Poster

Date: 1977
Description: Flyer promoting a party at the Great Hall in UW-Madison's Memorial Union. The party was a fund-raiser for organizations opposing anti-gay discrimination in...
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"A Treaty of Peace"

Date: 03 30 1971
Description: A centerfold of an anti-war newspaper which promotes "A Treaty of Peace Between 2 Peoples." Features two photographs of American and Vietnamese citizens an...
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Chisholm for President Poster

Date: 03 1972
Description: Campaign poster supporting Shirley Chisholm, an African American woman who was a Congresswoman, representing New York's 12th District for seven terms from ...
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Inter-State Narcotic Association Marijuana Warning Poster

Date: 09 1971
Description: Enlarged version of a mocking "warning card" to be placed in railroad trains, buses, streetcars, and other public forums. Warning reads, "Beware! Young and...
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Where the Victims Are

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring a map of the near East, with countries demarcated. The poster title is red text reading: "Where the Victims Are." The rest of the text rea...

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