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Poster for "The Cherry Pickers"
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Color lithograph poster. An Afgan prisoner with chains on his wrists fires a cannon past a man and a woman prisoner in it while a mob gathers outside the prison. The caption reads "By Joseph Arthur/Author of "Blue Jeans"/"The Still Alarm"/ "Lost River on the Wabash."
1896
Enquirer Job Printing Co. (Cincinnati, Ohio)
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Poster for "Blue Jeans"
1890
Color lithograph poster. At top, the main banner reads "Blue Jeans" with insert at left "Will Never Wear Out" and another at right "By Joseph Arthur/The Author of/"The Still Alarm." The image shows...
Poster for "A Midnight Bell"
1889
Color lithograph poster. The banner at top reads "Hoyt's A Midnight Bell," below which is the tag "Laughter Every Minute." The image shows an white-haired man visiting a school classroom and motion...
Poster for "On Broadway"
1896
Black and white lithograph poster. Caption at top reads “Maggie Cline" with image of Cline at a Broadway intersection crossing a trolley track while a police officer holds up the car. Bottom captio...
Poster for "The War of Wealth"
1896
Color lithograph poster for "The War of Wealth." In the picture, a crowd of adults is surrounding a child, one man reaching to grab the girl's hand. At the bottom is the caption "The Child Is Mine....
Poster for "A Hole in the Ground"
1887
Color lithograph poster. A man stands at a train station, his luggage flying out from the baggage room. The caption reads "The Junction-the Train Four Hours Late but the Company Busy!"
"Del brazo y por la calle" (Arm in Arm Down the Street) Film Poster
1966
Argentine film poster. Illustrated image of a woman and a man smiling and walking arm in arm. The man is pointing off to the side.
