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| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Poster of a man's arm with his shirt sleeve pushed up. He is holding a yellow card in his fingers with the text, "The Ballot is a power in your hands. Use ... |
| Date: | 11 08 1938 |
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| Description: | Political poster urging voters to elect Republican candidates. Each candidate appears with a quarter-length portrait. Text at the top, "Vote Republican." I... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Campaign poster for Victoria Gray. She ran against the policies of white segregationist Senator John Stennis in the 5th District. Along with Fannie Lou Ham... |
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| Description: | 1934 or 1940 campaign poster for Robert M. La Follette, Jr. running for re-election to the U.S. Senate as a member of the Progressive Party. |
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| Description: | Social action poster opposing a speech by Ronald Reagan. Caption at top left above the article reads: "On May 9, 1984, Ronald Regan delivered a television ... |
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| Description: | Social action poster depicting the Boston Tea Party. The Caption reads, "Sam Adams never actually said this, but he and his Sons of Liberty (those early Yi... |
| Date: | 1972 |
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| Description: | A President Nixon re-election poster with approximately 360 signatures of athletes (appearing in alphabetical order) on it. At the top of the poster is the... |
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| Description: | Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee poster of an African American man in a straw hat and overalls seated in front of a weathered building. Text in th... |
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| Description: | Composite poster, with a piece of paper with a caricature of President Jimmy Carter with big grin filled with real peanuts, and the words "Direct Washingto... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Political placard that reads "St. John Fanatics and Shot-Gun Democrats Take Back Seats." Below that is a rule, then the text "The above is one of the motto... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | A poster featuring the face of President Franklin Roosevelt on the right, and several people on the left. A soldier is holding a child in his arms, and oth... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Political campaign poster that features a drawing of Richard Nixon surrounded by contemporary celebrities and politicians in the center. He is wearing a bu... |
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| Description: | Text in large red letters reads" "I did not vote for inflation." |
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| Description: | Text reads: "A politician buys* Somebody a shovel and then he wants all the credit for digging the Panama Canal. *With your taxes." Three shovels are drawn... |
| Date: | 10 1967 |
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| Description: | Poster with a large image of the Dow Riot (Oct. 18, 1967) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, showing riot police beating protesters. Includes t... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Political poster promoting Calvin Coolidge and Charles Dawes for president and vice-president. On the left side are two flags, "Old Glory" and "The Red Fla... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | German re-election poster with a portrait of Paul von Hindenburg. Text reads: "Wählt unsern Besten." Von Hindenburg was a German field-marshal and state... |
| Date: | 09 1971 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 08 13 1948 |
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| Description: | Republican party primary campaign poster for Ralph M. Immell, who was running for governor. His quarter-length portrait appears near the top with his name ... |
| Date: | 11 1912 |
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| Description: | Campaign poster promoting Democrats for office in Wisconsin; for Congress, Assembly and Dane County. Each man has a quarter-length portrait with his name a... |
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