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"Drop What You're Doing"
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Poster advertising the visit of Defense Secretary Melvin Laird to the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Features a caricatured Laird sitting in an airplane amongst bombs, with other bombs falling out of the bomb bay door. One of the bombs reads "From: DOD U.S.A To: North Vietnam.
January 10, 1971
Publication Information
| Date Created | January 10, 1971 |
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Physical Description
| Format | Image |
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| Dimensions | 27 x 39 cm |
Collection Information
| Source Collection | Madison People's poster and propaganda collection collected by J. Wesley Miller, 1969-1976 |
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| Call Number | PH 4003 |
| Media Number | Box 7,Folder 2 |
Copyright Information
| Copyright Status | COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED |
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