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William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt

Date: 1899
Description: Campaign poster with the title "Posterity" for Theodore Roosevelt and William McKinley featuring their portraits. In the center is an illustration of a wom...
Poster

David G. Thompson M.F.A. Show

Date: 05 1971
Description: Poster announcing M.F.A. art exhibition for David G. Thompson. Held May 21-28, 1971, at the Wisconsin Center Concourse Gallery in Madison. Features various...
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First Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry Roster

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Description: Commemorative Civil War roster of First Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry, Wisconsin Hussars Squadron "G." Depicts "Our Country as it was in 1860" with ...
Poster

"Matterplay"

Date: 01 26 1971
Description: Poster advertising Matterplay at 321 Gorham Street, Madison, Wisconsin. The poster features a combination of fantasy and realism in its representation of s...
Poster

"Zero Growth Population"

Date: 04 24 1971
Description: Poster advertising the Zero Growth Population organization. Reads, "If you care about survival, join Zero Population Growth." Features an illustration of a...
Poster

"The Women are Coming"

Date: 04 23 1971
Description: Poster promoting the "Survival Revival Women's Conference." The poster features an American flag patterned castle in flames with a parade of women marching...
Poster

Travel By Train, New York Travel Poster

Date: 1934
Description: An original lithograph promoting both New York City as "the wonder city of the world," and train travel. Featuring the artist Adolph Treidler, the poster d...
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Libby Prison

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Description: Woodcut of "Libby Prison, Richmond, Va.--Place of Confinement for U.S. Soldiers Captured by the Rebels.--From a Photograph." This view includes tents and t...
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Andersonville Prison

Date: 1864
Description: "Andersonville Prison, Camp Sumter, Ga., as it appeared August 1st 1864 when it contained 35,000 prisoners of war."
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The Nation's Peacemakers

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Description: A lithograph of Major-General William Tecumseh Sherman, Major-General Ulysses S. Grant, and Rear-Admiral David Dixon Porter below the figure of a woman hol...
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Military Memorial Poster

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Description: Commemorative poster honoring duties of the States and those that fought and lead the war.
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Military Memorial Poster

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Description: Commemorative poster honoring duties of the States and those that fought and lead the war.
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Reunion Banquet of the Army of the Potomac

Date: 1890
Description: Portrait of reunion banquet of the Army of the Potomac in New York City.
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National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic

Date: 1890
Description: Depiction of the National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, held in Boston, Massachusetts. On the border surrounding the group portrait are ind...
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Abraham Lincoln as a Pharmacist

Date: 1860
Description: Lincoln is portrayed as a pharmacist with the names of the Union generals on some of the products that surround him in an apothecary. Some examples: "Scott...
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Champion Prize Envelope, Lincoln & Davis in 5 Rounds, 5th Round

Date: 1860
Description: Text at top reads, "CHAMPION PRIZE ENVELOPE - LINCOLN & DAVIS IN 5 ROUNDS," underneath reads "5TH ROUND." Lincoln stands inside "THE CHAMPION BELT" beside ...
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The Union Armada

Date: 1860
Description: A Union sailor and King Neptune stand inside a sea shell that is floating on the ocean. Between them appears a decorative circle with the Union Armada in i...
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Secession Web

Date: 1860
Description: Jefferson Davis as a spider traps flies in his web. The web appears to be attached to the Union flag. He has a skull and crossbones on his back and blood d...
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Loyal to the Union, State of Wisconsin

Date: 1860
Description: Miss Columbia stands on the left, she holds the Wisconsin state seal in her left hand and a Union flag in her right. A liberty cap on a pole leans on the s...
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Martha Washington

Date: 1860
Description: A portrait of Martha Washington appears inside an oval frame, the American flag wraps around the frame on the left side. Over her head in white it reads, "...

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