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Poster

International Harvester "Prospy" Advertising Poster

Date: 1909
Description: Advertising poster showing a little man with a corn cob body, a shield in the shape of the International Harvester logo, and a spear made of a stalk of gra...
Photograph

La Follette and "For Any Old Trust" Bat

Date: 1906
Description: Political cartoon of Robert M. La Follette, Sr. A verse is written below the cartoon and refers to the period when he first became a senator. The verse is ...
Print

Robert M. La Follette Political Cartoon

Date: 1908
Description: La Follette political cartoon. La Follette and presidential candidates Root, Shaw, Taft, and Fairbanks at a fish pond.
Print

Robert M. La Follette Political Cartoon

Date: 06 18 1904
Description: Robert M. La Follette--J.C. Spooner cartoon. " Victor and Vanquished in Wisconsin Republican Contest." Appeared in The Chicago Daily Tribune, June 18, 1904...
Print

Pen is Mightier than the Sword

Date: 01 01 1900
Description: Cartoon drawing of a man wielding a feather quill pen as a sworn and a sheet of paper as a shield.
Print

W.J. Bryan Political Cartoon

Date: 1900
Description: A political cartoon during the presidential campaign depicting W.J. Bryan repainting a sign with the word "imperialism".
Magazine or Periodical

The First Mountain To Be Removed

Date: 07 22 1905
Description: A cartoon titled "The First Mountain To Be Removed" showing Uncle Sam and Theodore Roosevelt looking at a mountain shaped like a skeleton wearing a mask an...
Magazine or Periodical

The Great American Durbar

Date: 03 04 1905
Description: A political cartoon titled "The Great American Durbar", showing a parade of political characters featuring Theodore Roosevelt perched atop an elephant symb...
Postcard

Taft in a Glass

Date: 1908
Description: Humorous postcard designed by Elizabeth H. Bridgers of North Carolina in support of the Presidential candidacy of Republican William Howard Taft. Mrs. Bri...
Postcard

Prosperity Postcard

Date: 1909
Description: Postcard distributed by International Harvester Co. showing a color illustration of a a little man with a corn cob body, a shield in the shape of the Inter...
Postcard

One View of Milwaukee

Date: 1909
Description: Depicts an overweight man wearing a bowler hat drinking beer directly from a barrel. In the background beer steins are littering the ground. The caption at...
Book or Pamphlet

Press Club of Chicago Dinner Menu

Date: 05 02 1902
Description: Front cover and first two pages of the menu and program for a dinner honoring newspaperman Opie Read. There is a tipped-in drawing of Read on the cover, dr...
Book or Pamphlet

Emerson Catalog Cover

Date: 1902
Description: Catalog cover, front and back. Title reads: "Out of the Depths," and features an illustration of a clown suppressing a laugh, with the text: "Emerson Farm ...
Drawing

Carl's Cartoon

Date: 1909
Description: A cartoon drawn by Carl depicting Billy Mac being punched by an anthopmorphized canoe, which is wearing boxing gloves.
Photograph

Gathering at Turner's Grove

Date: 07 04 1904
Description: A crowd of men, women and children have gathered in a clearing in a wooded area for a July 4 celebration. Sunlight passing through an American flag highlig...
Postcard

Just Sawin' Wood

Date: 07 29 1905
Description: Text on front reads: "Im Saying Nothing, 'Just Sawin' Wood'. Sheboygan, Wis." This postcard is printed on a thin piece of wood. The image on the front is a...
Print

Louis Allis

Date: 1901
Description: Caricature of industrialist Louis H. Allis, son of Edward P. Allis. Louis founded the Mechanical Appliance Company in 1901, which manufactured DC motors fo...

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