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One Man, One Vote

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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...
Poster

Is He Protecting You?

Date: 
Description: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee poster showing a Mississippi highway patrolman in a helmet stands with his arms crossed. Other people are visible...
Poster

D. W. Griffith "Intolerance" Poster

Date: 02 1971
Description: Poster advertising a screening of D. W. Griffith's Intolerance, held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Wisconsin Union Theater, February 18, 19...
Print

Genocide Treaty Cartoon

Date: 1986
Description: Cartoon depicting a very old Uncle Sam signing the Genocide Treaty while a man behind him says, "Better 37 years late than never, I suppose!".
Poster

Fleetwood Mac at Dewey's

Date: 02 21 1971
Description: Poster advertising a performance by Fleetwood Mac at Dewey's. Features an outdoor photograph of the band.
Poster

B.B. King Performance

Date: 03 29 1971
Description: Poster advertising a performance by B.B. King at Dewey's. Features a photograph of B.B. King with a guitar, presumably at a performance. The poster was des...
Photograph

Ronald Reagan Campaigning for President

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Description: Ronald Reagan shakes hands with workers in front of a Manitowoc crane.
Magazine or Periodical

Capt. Ronald Reagan

Date: 04 19 1942
Description: Magazine clipping featuring Ronald Reagan in his army uniform prior to reporting for active duty in 1942.
Magazine or Periodical

Ronald Reagan as host of G.E. True Theatre

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Description: Magazine clipping featuring Ronald Reagan as the host of G.E. True Theatre.
Book or Pamphlet

The Fabulous Green Bay Packers

Date: 1968
Description: Cover of a Milwaukee Journal publication commemorating the Green Bay Packers 1967 championship season. The cover features a drawing by Gregg Klees o...
Print

John Emerson — Anita Loos: Productions for Paramount

Date: 1918
Description: Full page display ad for the husband and wife filmmaking team of John Emerson and Anita Loos in the 1918 edition of Wid's Yearbook, a motion picture trade ...
Poster

Poster for Morris Brothers' Opera House Minstrels

Date: 1857
Description: Black and white lithograph on paper. Title over image of minstrel company. Inserts of Lon and Billy Morris, left and right. Large image of man papering sto...
Poster

Poster for "Shore Acres"

Date: 1893
Description: Color lithograph on paper. "James A. Herne in his Great Play" upper left, title and director upper right. Scene from play with Martin and Nathaniel Berry c...
Poster

Poster for "James J. Corbett, A Naval Cadet"

Date: 1895
Description: Color lithograph on paper. "James J. Corbett in His New Play A Naval Cadet" across top, Charles T. Vincent's name beneath title upper left and "Direction o...
Poster

Poster for "Rip Van Winkle"

Date: 1905
Description: Color lithograph on paper. Across top in caps "A splendid scenic revival of the greatest of American dramas." Title runs beneath. Scene from play in which ...
Poster

Poster for "The Shaughraun"

Date: 1875
Description: Color lithograph on paper. Title across top in caps. Below it a scene in a pub featuring three men, with the central figure propping a foot on a wooden buc...
Poster

Poster for "Secret Service"

Date: 1896
Description: Color lithograph poster. Title runs across the top with the author's name just below it upper right. Scene from the drama shows a boy dressed in gray unifo...
Poster

Poster for "In Old Kentucky"

Date: 1893
Description: Color lithograph poster. The image depicts two men fighting near a bridge and raging river. One man has driven the other to the precipice. A caption below ...
Poster

Poster for "Don't Lie to Your Wife"

Date: 1912
Description: Color lithograph. The top banner reads: "C.S. Primrose presents the musical comedy farce 'Don't Lie to Your Wife'." Below this, upper right, is the author'...
Print

"Night and the City" Lobby Card

Date: 07 25 1950
Description: Lobby card advertising the film "Night and the City" by 20th Century-Fox.

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