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Testing the First Reaping Machine

Date: 1883
Description: Advertising lithograph depicting the first public demonstration of a mechanical reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steeles Tavern, Virginia, in 1831. The sc...
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Osborne Harvesting Machinery Advertising Poster

Date: 1913
Description: Advertising poster for Osborne brand farm implements showing a woman, child and dog enjoying a "group hug." Also includes color illustrations of a hay rake...
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Cream Separator Advertising Poster

Date: 1927
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick-Deering Primrose ball-bearing cream separators featuring color illustration of a woman and two children operating a cream ...
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Gammon and Deering Advertising Poster

Date: 1876
Description: Color chromolithograph illustration advertising poster for the Marsh Harvester, produced by Gammon and Deering Company. Printed by Charles Shober & Co., Ch...
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Osborne Harvesting Machinery Poster

Date: 1913
Description: Russian advertising poster for International Harvester's Osborne line of farm equipment. Includes a large illustration of a woman and young girl with a dog...
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Osborne Harvesting Machinery Poster

Date: 1913
Description: Color advertising poster with many images of the Osborne line working the fields, and a mother and daughter with a dog. Imprinted with "International Harve...
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Osborne Harvesting Machinery Poster

Date: 1913
Description: Color advertising poster with many images of the Osborne line working the fields, and a mother and daughter with a dog. Made by the Hayes Litho. Co. of Buf...
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Votes for Women Poster

Date: 1925
Description: Poster issued by the Milwaukee County League of Women Voters that graphically urges women to vote.
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Students for a Democratic Society Protest Poster

Date: 11 01 1970
Description: Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) protest in Detroit, November 3, 1970. Text at the top reads: "Nov. 3 — Elections Are A Hoax!" Handwritten on the le...
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Six Million Victims Anti-War Poster

Date: 11 1972
Description: Vietnam anti-war poster proclaiming that the human cost of the war has been six million people under Nixon's term as President. Features a picture of Presi...
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The Red Cross War Fund Poster

Date: 1914
Description: "If You Can't Go Across With A Gun Come Across With Your Part Of The Red Cross War Fund." Poster depicting a man, wounded and bleeding with his arm in a sl...
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WLA Exhibit Poster: The Medical Inspection of School Children

Date: 1915
Description: Exhibit poster arguing that "the medical inspection of school children . . . means a broader understanding of childhood." In many of the photographs a man ...
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Victory Gardens ..More for Them ..More for You

Date: 1944
Description: War Food Administration Design No. 5, "Victory Garden." The poster features a soldier with an arm around a destitute child on the left in muted colors, and...
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"...For Your Security and Mine!" - Buy and Hold War Bonds

Date: 1944
Description: Treasury Design, title and number unknown. The poster features the profiles of Uncle Sam, a man, a woman, and a child arranged along the left border and fa...
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Victory Gardens ..More for Them ..More for You

Date: 1943
Description: Office of Civilian Defense Design No. 4, "Victory Gardens." The poster features a soldier with an arm around a destitute child on the left and a happy youn...
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Pennsylvania Railroad Patriotic Poster No. 1

Date: 1930
Description: An original lithograph promoting Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as "home of the Pennsylvania Railroad." The poster features the artist N.C. Wyeth, and depicts...
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The Flight of the Fast Mail Travel Poster

Date: 1875
Description: Colored print containing two images advertising the delivery of mail. The main image is of the large Michigan and Southern train labeled "The Fast Mail" de...
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Chicago and North Western Railway System Anniversary Travel Poster

Date: 1948
Description: An original colored lithograph advertising the Chicago and North Western Railway's 100th Anniversary from 1848 to 1948. The poster features the artist Paul...
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Pacific Railway Pullman's Palace Dining Car Poster

Date: 1900
Description: An original colored lithograph advertising the Pacific Railway's route from New York to California, encouraging people to "Go and See the Great American Pa...
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"Don't Waste Food While Others Starve!"

Date: 1917
Description: United States Food Administration poster depicting a woman holding a crying infant on her shoulder with one arm, and her other arm around a young girl who ...

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