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| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Close-up of an advertisement that reads, "Why Monkey Around with breakdowns, repairs, insurance, etc." There is a cartoon monkey pointing to the dialogue a... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Cartoon from an International Harvester operator's manual. The cartoon depicts four men in a semi-circle looking at a personified wrench standing on a rais... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Cartoon from an International Harvester technical manual. The cartoon depicts a repair man dropping a pair of pliers on the shelf of an open, personified r... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | General Winfield Scott is chopping down a tall tree with an ax. Eight frightened men cling to the upper limbs. Caption below reads, "The downfall of Secess... |
| Date: | 1883 |
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| Description: | Catalog cover featuring miniature elves or fairies harvesting grain with axes. |
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| Description: | Imaginative pen-and-ink drawing that collages several scenes: the Madison skyline from the lakeshore of Lake Monona; Ted Ryan, a road maintenance worker, ... |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Invitation for Ice Chippers, an ice fishing club of Gisholt Machine Company, to a farewell dinner for Albert LaGrille. The cartoon shows warmly dressed men... |
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| Description: | Satirical ink-on-paper cartoon about corporate culture. It pictures a man holding a wrench in his hand is running on a treadmill attached to a machine with... |
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| Description: | A small boy is pointing at an overweight man, representing Lee Sherman Dreyfus (June 20, 1926 – January 2, 2008) who was an American politician and member ... |
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| Description: | Invitation for Ice Chippers in black ink, white tempura and blue paint on orange card. It is a drawing of Gene Beckman in a black hooded winter coat, kneel... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Poster with two cartoon panels. In the one on the left, an oversized man is getting ready to swing a sledgehammer, which is labeled "Misunderstanding," get... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring a cartoon panel showing a man with a sledgehammer standing on a terrace labeled: "American Industries." At his feet is a piece of paper ti... |
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