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| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Color poster created by the National Dairy Council, Chicago, of butter and buttered food items such as pancakes, baked potatoes, and a steak, displayed on ... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | A group of children walking up a grassy hill together, with text that reads: "The health of the child is the power of the nation," and "Children's Year." C... |
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| Description: | Poster showing a priest behind bars above the text: "Walking Is A Crime In Alabama!" Other text reads: "Demand Federal Protection of Civil Rights." The pos... |
| Date: | 06 1924 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising the first annual Spring Festival and Entertainment event held on June 14, 1924 by the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). There is an ima... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | A female factory worker standing with her arms upraised, holding a miniature airplane in one hand and a bombshell in the other. In the background is the YW... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Poster issued by the Milwaukee County League of Women Voters that graphically urges women to vote. |
| Date: | 11 01 1970 |
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| Description: | Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) protest in Detroit, November 3, 1970. Text at the top reads: "Nov. 3 — Elections Are A Hoax!" Handwritten on the le... |
| Date: | 01 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster for the Tomahawk Ridge Ski Jumping Championships, held Sunday, January 24, 1971. An official Central U.S. Ski Association Meet, sponsored by the Bl... |
| Date: | 03 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster announcing a blood drive at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, sponsored by the Red Cross. Features a "bloodmobile" as an attraction. |
| Date: | 10 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster publicizing a "Walk for Development" event, put on by Young World Development. Features three fists with different skin tones, and the motto, "The R... |
| Date: | 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster promoting a gay dance to be held at 10 Langdon Street. A .75 donation is suggested for the National Gay Convention, on Thankgsgiving in Madison. The... |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | Poster proclaiming the need for an urgent lesbian meeting. Poster depicts Athena with shield. Agenda for meeting includes a speakers bureau, counseling gro... |
| Date: | 1979 |
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| Description: | Poster for cabaret entertainment at L'etoile Jazz Club, 25 N. Pinckney Street, featuring Lisa Davis et Bil Meredith and Lynette, on June 10, 1979. |
| Date: | 1975 |
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| Description: | Poster for the Madison Tenant Union, an organization created for tenants to improve housing conditions and offer guidance with tenant grievances against la... |
| Date: | 09 05 1970 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising the "Woman's Action Movement" and their weekly meetings held at the Union "Every Thurs. 7:30 pm." The graphic on the poster is a female ... |
| Date: | 11 1970 |
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| Description: | A poster announcing an informational meeting on the Revolutionary People's Constitutional Convention. The convention was held September 7, 1970 by The Blac... |
| Date: | 02 08 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising the all campus meeting for the women's action movement. The poster features nine identical portraits of a woman. |
| Date: | 02 24 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster advocating the boycott of non-union lettuce at Gordon Commons on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Features a caricatured professor pointi... |
| Date: | 03 30 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising the Wisconsin Center Art Auction (formerly Art on the Park). The proceeds of the auction provided scholarship funds. |
| Date: | 04 19 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising the organized demonstration "against Imperialism for Socialism" held on April 24, 1971. Features an image of protestors holding signs wi... |
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