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| Date: | 04 18 1951 |
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| Description: | After his dismissal by President Truman, General Douglas MacArthur returned to the United States and was welcomed as a folk hero. The adulation heaped on... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Cartoon illustrating "the layman's idea of how horse-power is determined." The cartoon shows an automobile in a "tug-of-war" with a large number of horses. |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Front cover for a book version of the popular comic strip by Clare Briggs (1875-1930), who was raised in Reedsburg, Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 11 24 1970 |
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| Description: | Poster collage advertising events occurring at the University of Wisconsin-Madison University Catholic Center. Includes sermons, discussions and gathering... |
| Date: | 06 15 1968 |
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| Description: | Cover of "Rat Subterranean News," an underground newspaper, featuring Hubert Humphrey dressed as a police officer wearing a gas mask and a tie around his n... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Cover of "The Chicago Seed," an underground newspaper, featuring Santa Claus crucified on a dollar sign. The landscape below is made from collaged advertis... |
| Date: | 08 13 1969 |
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| Description: | Cover for "The Ann Arbor Argus," an underground newspaper, featuring an image of a red-clad super hero fighting a muscular bald man, with a diamond around ... |
| Date: | 02 19 1948 |
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| Description: | Cub Scout Den 7 of Pack 302, Randall School, at their annual Blue and Gold banquet. They are with a display that depicts Mickey Mouse and probably Pluto, w... |
| Date: | 11 06 1968 |
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| Description: | Cover of "San Francisco Express Times," an underground newspaper, featuring a cartoon of a giant pig preparing to eat a personified version of The Statue o... |
| Date: | 04 1966 |
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| Description: | Cover of "Ramparts," an underground newspaper, featuring a drawing of then Vietnamese first lady Madame Nhu in a Michigan State University cheerleading uni... |
| Date: | 10 05 1970 |
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| Description: | Cover of "The Second Coming," an underground newspaper, featuring a cartoon of a red-haired woman exclaiming in a speech bubble, "Don't fergit [sic]... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Cover of "Gothic Blimp Works," an underground comic newspaper, featuring a cartoon by Robert Crumb. |
| Date: | 03 24 1970 |
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| Description: | Cover of "The East Village Other," an underground newspaper, featuring a cartoon bomb on top of a pile of money. The headline reads, "Booming the Economy."... |
| Date: | 04 07 1970 |
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| Description: | Cover of "It Ain't Me Babe," an underground comic newspaper, featuring hippie scientists in a lab having just brought to life the bride of Frankenstein. Ma... |
| Date: | 02 19 1970 |
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| Description: | Cover of "The Fifth Estate," an underground newspaper, featuring a grim reaper figure wearing an American flag-patterned tie, and holding a man's severed h... |
| Date: | 09 16 1970 |
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| Description: | Cover of "The Madison Bugle-American," an underground newspaper, featuring a cartoon of a businessman holding a leashed dog, a woman in a lounge dress smok... |
| Date: | 05 01 1970 |
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| Description: | Cover of "Liberated Guardian," an underground newspaper, featuring black rebel soldiers carrying firearms. The central figure has a button with a photograp... |
| 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: | 05 29 1948 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Centennial Parade. On the street is the University of Wisconsin Bands bass drum on wheels with a depiction of Paul Bunyan on the side. In the bac... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | A political cartoon during the presidential campaign depicting W.J. Bryan repainting a sign with the word "imperialism". |
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