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| Description: | Miller Hall, a saloon recreation center in Milwaukee. In windows below the main entrance to the right are three signs advertising Palm Gardens. Another sig... |
| Date: | 08 18 1963 |
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| Description: | A gasoline station decorated with flags and pennants. Billboards are along the back fence. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | The Astor House hotel, with an automobile parked under trees on the left, and a large billboard for Wrigley's Spearmint gum on the right. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | An International L-150 truck owned by the Fehr Baking Company parked in front of Joe's Meat Market. The side of the truck advertises "Fairmade; Fairmade is... |
| Date: | 06 09 1938 |
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| Description: | View from across road of six men and one woman standing outside the Webster and Stonehouse flour mill. Another man stands in the back of a truck to the rig... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Treasury Design No. 52, "Fighting Bonds." The poster features a service flag or banner with a blue star in the center. Red stripes emerge from the shadow o... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Treasury Design No. 53, "Roll of Honor." The poster features an unrolled scroll of parchment with a "Roll of Honor" listing the following names: Richard As... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View from sidewalk of men dressed in hats and jackets exiting an automobile at the curb. There is snow along the curb, and across the street are billboards... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | War Manpower Commission Design No. 10, "Girl War Worker." The poster features a young woman wearing overalls and protective gloves with her hair bound back... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | War Manpower Commission Design No. 11, "Grandma." The poster features a smiling older matronly woman in a worker's uniform with goggles on her head holding... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | WAVES Unnumbered Design, "Mother and Daughter." The poster features a proud mother with her arm around her daughter, who is in naval uniform. In the backgr... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | War Food Administration Design No. 2, "Market Basket." The poster features a background with farmland on the left and factories on the left. In the upper f... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Treasury Design No. 35, "Crowd with Banners." The poster features a determined crowd of American civilians from all walks of life holding up signs in suppo... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Treasury Design No. 30, "Pointing Finger." The poster features a hand with a finger pointing out at the audience. The cuff of the man's sleeve is blue with... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Treasury Design No. 20A, "Top That 10%." The poster features a simple text-based design, with some geographic shapes and stars. The primary color scheme is... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Treasury Design No. 20B, "Top That 10%." The poster features a simple text-based design, with some geographic shapes and stars. The primary color scheme is... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Treasury Design No. 17, "Flag Design." The poster features a waving blue minuteman flag with a ring of stars around the silhouette of a revolutionary war s... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | National Housing Agency Design No. 1, "Welcome Mat." The poster features a red, white, and blue welcome mat on a doorstep. In the bottom right corner the a... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | War Food Administration Design No. 1, "Woman." The poster features a woman with a service flag or banner with a blue star in the center behind her. A small... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Office of Civilian Defense Design No. 6, "Life Raft." The poster features a man in uniform pulling a limp man out of the water and into a life raft. The su... |
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