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"Winter Wind" Film Poster

Date: 1970
Description: Grove Press International Film Festival film poster for the French-Hungarian film, "Sirokkó." Illustrated image of a group of people walking through woods....
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Spring Fantasie

Date: 1918
Description: Handmade poster featuring a drawing of a person wearing a large flower on top of their head, and a dress made of grass. The person is blowing through the s...
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Labor Demands For All Workers

Date: 07 24 1937
Description: Poster with words "Holidays With Pay!" at the bottom illustrated by sketches of workers punching in to work and of people relaxing on a beach.
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Represivos!

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Description: Poster identifying a list of people (and the Ministry of Work) as "repressive." The poster then promises "we will fight until we succeed." Original poster ...
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People's New Year's Party

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Description: Poster advertising the Peoples' New Year's Party at the Langston Huges [sic] Center. Includes the motto "Same struggle — same fight."
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Register, Vote For A Voice!

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Description: A poster encouraging people to register and vote. At the top is a circle with a black hand and a white hand clasped in friendship. Below is the text, "Regi...
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Buy United States Government War Savings Stamps

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a line of people waiting to buy war savings stamps. The clothing and jewelry of the people suggests they are of varied ...
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The Red Cross Supplies 30,000 People Each Week with Information

Date: 1918
Description: The Red Cross insignia is in the bottom center of the poster. Text at the top reads: "The Red Cross Supplies 30,000 People Each Week With Information Conce...
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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...
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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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The Chilean People Will Overthrow Fascism

Date: 09 1973
Description: Part of a poster series celebrating President Salvador Allende after his death. Allende was elected president of Chile in 1970, and promoted the nationaliz...
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"Dec. 8th Fast to Save a People" Poster

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Description: Social action poster advertising a fast. The caption reads: "Dec. 8th Fast to save a people." Below is a photograph of a Pakistani family. Text continues: ...
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Fond du Lac County. April 8th, 1918. Roll Of Honor

Date: 1918
Description: Honor roll poster for service members from Fond du Lac county. Includes an American flag. In addition to the list of names, poster text reads: "Fond du Lac...
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Register to Vote Flyer

Date: 1965
Description: A poster created by The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party depicting a group of African American people standing together and holding hands. The text rea...
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P.S.U. U.G.T. with Illustrations and Hammer and Sickle

Date: 1936
Description: P.S.U. U.G.T. with two illustrations on the left, of a person working in a field with a sickle, and a soldier with a gun on the battlefield. Below the bott...
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Still the Greatest Mother in the World

Date: 1916
Description: Poster depicting four people. The woman is monumental, with a billowing dress and a Red Cross hat. She is holding a boy with a crutch in her left arm. Her ...
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Remember The Boys In France! — Write Them Often

Date: 1918
Description: This poster features an image of a large crowd of people watching a few men speaking on Wall Street. One man, Charles Brickley, is kicking a pigskin over t...
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Build a Stronger Labor Movement Through Rank and File Action

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Description: Poster with screen printed images of people, places and things. Text at top reads: "Build a Stronger Labor Movement Through Rank and File Action." Text at ...
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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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Remember! The Flag of Liberty, Support It!

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of several people, presumably immigrants, standing in the foreground. Behind them is an American flag, and behind it is a ...

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