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Poster

International Harvester "Prospy" Advertising Poster

Date: 1909
Description: Advertising poster showing a little man with a corn cob body, a shield in the shape of the International Harvester logo, and a spear made of a stalk of gra...
Magazine or Periodical

King Debs Cartoon

Date: 07 14 1894
Description: Cartoon depicting "King Debs" a man wearing a crown representing Debs American Railway Union, sitting atop the highway of trade.
Photograph

7th Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery

Date: 1863
Description: Composite of photographic portraits of soldiers, and at the top left and right corners, two camp scenes, of the Seventh Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery. ...
Print

McCormick Reaper Directions

Date: 1850
Description: Handbill containing directions for putting together and operating McCormick's reaper, manufactured by C.H. McCormick & Co. Headline over illustration of t...
Print

McCormick Reaper and Mower Handbill

Date: 1862
Description: Broadsheet advertising McCormick's Reaper and Mower, addressed to the farmers of Franklin and Cumberland Counties (Pennsylvania). Contains testimonials an...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Underground Newspaper Cover: San Francisco Express Times

Date: 11 06 1968
Description: Cover of "San Francisco Express Times," an underground newspaper, featuring a cartoon of a giant pig preparing to eat a personified version of The Statue o...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Underground Newspaper Cover: Chinook

Date: 08 13 1970
Description: Cover of "Chinook," an underground newspaper, featuring an ethereal drawing of a male hiker holding out a sign with an infinity symbol on it, as though he ...
Print

Underground Newspaper Cover: The Kudzu

Date: 06 24 1969
Description: Cover of "The Kudzu," an underground newspaper, featuring a reproduction of Martin Schongauer's 15th Century engraving entitled, "Saint Anthony Tormented b...
Magazine or Periodical

Uncle Sam and the Philippine Islands

Date: 06 09 1898
Description: Cover art for Leslie's Weekly depicting Uncle Sam peering through a magnifying glass at the Philippine Islands on a globe. The caption reads: "Guess...
Poster

Student Mobe Poster

Date: 10 1971
Description: Two-color poster created by members of the Student Mobilization Committee Against the War in Vietnam, a national organization formed in 1967. The poster, w...
Photograph

George Peckham Miller

Date: 
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of George Peckham Miller, Milwaukee lawyer.
Book or Pamphlet

Standard Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1917
Description: Interior spread of a mailer advertising the Standard tractor, produced by the Standard Tractor Company of St. Paul, Minnesota. Includes the text: "why the ...
Print

Elect Gaylord Nelson to Congress

Date: 1954
Description: The front cover of a four page election mailer/newsletter for U.S. Senate candidate Gaylord Nelson. A quarter-length portrait covers most of the page. The ...

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