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Magazine or Periodical

Santa Claus and New Year

Date: 1878
Description: Cartoon of "Santa Claus Belated" by a fireplace delivering toys and speaking to a figure representing New Year 1878 saying: "Here we are again."
Print

Cartoon of Rejected Bill

Date: 1961
Description: A cartoon of a rejected bill being sent away by a man in a top hat, who is holding back a dog on a leash.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Underground Newspaper Cover: The Madison Bugle-American

Date: 09 16 1970
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...
Magazine or Periodical

The Next Debut

Date: 11 01 1879
Description: A cartoon depicting General M.C. Butler of South Carolina in fine clothing standing next to an African American who is on his knees, surrounded by small bu...
Magazine or Periodical

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers

Date: 1870
Description: Magazine illustration of the home, titled: "Soldiers' National Asylum at Milwaukee, Wisconsin". The building is in the background, and in the foreground ar...
Book or Pamphlet

Arrest at Guttenberg

Date: 1903
Description: Drawing of the arrest of Herbert "Chub" Fowler in the street in Guttenberg, Iowa. A crowd mills around to watch.
Print

Whistling Past the Graveyard after Dark

Date: 
Description: Cartoon drawn by Clare V. "Dwig" Dwiggins depicting a youthful August Derleth walking by a graveyard that is haunted by ghosts and spirits. Derleth was fo...
Poster

Polish Movie Poster for "Old Yeller"

Date: 1957
Description: Polish movie poster advertising the exhibition of the 1957 Walt Disney film "Old Yeller." Poster includes a colored drawing of a dog. Poster text reads: ...
Historical Object

103 - Various Scenes from Joy Camps

Date: 
Description: Page from Joy Camps photo album displaying six photographs. The one on the upper left shows three campers sitting in a rowboat along the shoreline sketchin...
Photograph

"A Dog Gone Duck"

Date: 
Description: Artwork for Ducks Unlimited by Sid Boyum featuring "A Self Retriever" or "A Dog Gone Duck," which is half duck, half dog. The lower left corner of the post...
Poster

The Shaggy Dog lobby card

Date: 
Description: Title lobby card for the 1959 film "The Shaggy Dog" starring Fred MacMurray and Jean Hagen. The card has a drawing of Wilson Daniels (Fred MacMurray) face...

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