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| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Caricature of Bert Williams, probably drawn by Al Frueh, c. 1912. |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | A cartoon created during the 1928 presidential campaign depicting bigotry displayed against Democratic candidate Al Smith. "The Sniper" is depicted as a ma... |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | "Strategy or Change of Base". Photographic card of a cartoon concerning Jefferson Davis' flight across Georgia in women's clothing hoping to reach the Miss... |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | Jefferson Davis in a hoop skirt with a basket and fallen dagger. Photographic card of a cartoon concerning Jefferson Davis' flight across Georgia in women... |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | "Capture of an unprotected female, or the close up of the Rebellion." Photograph card of a cartoon concerning Jefferson Davis' flight across Georgia in wo... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Leaflet urging citizens to consume fewer sweetened beverages. The drawing shows a man and a woman seated at a soda shop. |
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| Description: | Carte-de-visite cartoon drawing of Jefferson Davis, showing him as he fled from being captured by Union troops when they took Richmond, Virginia. He is dis... |
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| Description: | Carte-de-visite cartoon drawing of Jefferson Davis, being captured by Union troops while wearing a dress and escorted by other women. Titled "A So Called P... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Close-up of a wall with graffiti showing a hand-made poster that reads, "O Happy State when souls each other draw, When Love is Liberty and Nature Law." B... |
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| Description: | A layout of caricatures and cartoons of a "Comicalities of the War for the Union". |
| Date: | 12 1942 |
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| Description: | Cartoon printed in December issue of "HARVESTER NEWS-LETTER" showing a soldier and a International Harvester employee kicking Adolph Hitler, Benito Mussoli... |
| Date: | 01 1943 |
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| Description: | A cartoon printed in the January issue of the "HARVESTER NEWS-LETTER" showing a pair of hands strangling Adolph Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and Hideki Tojo w... |
| Date: | 08 1943 |
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| Description: | A cartoon originally published in the August issue of the "HARVESTER NEWS-LETTER" showing a International Harvester employee working on a lathe cutting out... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | A cartoon of General Scott helping Jefferson Davis try on a shoe. Scott says: "Well, does that Union Shoe fit you?" And Davis replies: "Mr. Scott, this Uni... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Soldier-farmer, "Jeffy" (Jefferson) Davis, in full uniform with a straw hat is giving feed (bonds) to a sow (the Confederacy). The sow is in turn feeding i... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Confederate President Jefferson Davis with his nose caught in a bear trap (Washington) while holding a confederate/pirate flag. Caption reads: "Jeff though... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Jefferson Davis hanging by a scarf held by the hand of Abraham Lincoln. Caption reads: "A Pretty Good Choke, (Joke,) on J.D. Verdict, — served him right." ... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | The Devil running, holding a pitchfork that is flying the Confederate flag in one hand, and a bottle in the other hand. Cotton and Bonds are tucked into hi... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Uncle Sam has a Confederate man by the neck and is about to kick him in the behind. Caption below reads: "UNCLE SAM'S INFALLIBLE REMEDY FOR ALL Rebel-ious ... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Image of a foppish, overdressed man. May be a caricature of Benjamin Disraeli, English statesman. Caption below reads: "The Man who conceived C.S.A." Red i... |
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