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| Date: | 07 23 1885 |
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| Description: | Mourning Badge with the image of Ulysses S. Grant. |
| Date: | 05 29 1948 |
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| Description: | The 100th Anniversary of Wisconsin Statehood envelope on the first day it was issued on May 29, 1948. It is addressed to Governor Oscar Rennebohm, State of... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Flower-shaped bumper sticker from Eugene McCarthy's 1968 Presidential campaign. |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Large round sticker from Eugene McCarthy's 1968 Presidential campaign. Above McCarthy's name is a dove with a branch in its beak. |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Cover of flyer found in the papers of the National Committee to Abolish the Un-American Activities Committee. Founded in 1960, the committee later became ... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Anti-communist brochure, copyright by Harry T. Everingham, Chicago, Illinois, in 1947. The text asks "Why not try Communism?" and replies "The answer is y... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Match book cover distributed by the Superior Match Company of Chicago. The front cover says, "I like McCarthy and his Methods. I am with Joe McCarthy in ... |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Brochure advertising anti-Communism stamps created and distributed by McAllen, Texas. The handwritten date on the brochure places its publication at the p... |
| 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: | 03 17 1970 |
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| Description: | Cover of "Burning River Oracle," a free underground newspaper, featuring a drawing of Jesus Christ crucified in front of the silhouette of an urban landsca... |
| Date: | 05 17 1864 |
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| Description: | Document certifying that Governor James T. Lewis appointed Dr. Solomon Blood as Surgeon of the 39th Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. The document be... |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | An Unconditional Union ticket printed in Indiana in 1864 in support of the candidacy of Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. The support for Lincoln's prose... |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | Monroe County Republican Party ticket, headed by James G. Blaine and John A. Logan. Blaine lost to the Democrat Grover Cleveland. Names on the statewide ... |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | Invitation to the Presidential Inaugural Ball that celebrated the re-election of Abraham Lincoln, together with Andrew Johnson, who succeeded to the Presid... |
| Date: | 1881 |
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| Description: | Engraved invitation to the reception and promenade concert held in celebration of the election of President James A. Garfield (left) and Vice President Che... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Campaign sticker for the re-election of Franklin D. Roosevelt. The use of the apple theme was a subtle reminder to those who might be tempted to vote for ... |
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| Description: | Cover design of a pamphlet entitled "America for Americans," featuring a Ku Klux Klansman (KKK) wearing a conic mask and white robes on a rearing horse hol... |
| Date: | 1849 |
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| Description: | Masthead of Racine, Wisconsin temperance publication The Old Oaken Bucket and Sons of Temperance Organ. The masthead features a bucolic scene at the... |
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| Description: | Card featuring the logo of the United States Food Administration to be hung in the window of a residence to show support for food conservation during World... |
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| Description: | Pen and ink memento of General William T. Sherman's Civil War campaign at Atlanta, Georgia, with pieces of a Union Flag attached. |
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