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Farmall Tractor Advertising Poster

Date: 1928
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick-Deering Farmall tractors showing a map of the United States with trains speeding in all directions from Illinois. Bears th...
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World's Trade: The Lion's Share Is What McCormick Gets

Date: 1900
Description: Print advertisement for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company showing a giant Lion with its claws on a globe of the earth. The earth bears the words "Wo...
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International Truck Advertising Poster

Date: 1930
Description: Advertising poster for International Special Delivery trucks. Features photographic illustrations of a journey across the Sahara desert over a map of Afric...
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Elmside Addition to Madison

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Description: Poster advertising the Elmside lots for summer homes by Lake Monona.
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Russian International Harvester Advertising Poster

Date: 1910
Description: Advertising poster for Osborne brand agricultural equipment produced by International Harvester for Russia. Features a map of Russia with inset color illus...
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Russian International Harvester Advertising Poster

Date: 1910
Description: Advertising poster for Plano brand agricultural machinery produced by International Harvester for Russia. Features a map of Russia with inset color illustr...
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Map of the United States in 1831

Date: 1933
Description: Map created by International Harvester entitled: "The United States as it appeared in 1831 when Cyrus Hall McCormick invented the Reaper." The map pinpoint...
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Canton Works Illustration

Date: 1919
Description: Chart or sign illustrating the "New Plow Works of the International Harvester Co. Canton, Illinois." The middle of the poster features an article titled "H...
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Strike Him Down

Date: 02 1971
Description: Political propaganda poster featuring a red, white, and blue eagle being struck down from the sky, accompanied by the phrase: "Strike Him Down." The eagle...
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Rock-N-Roll Festival Poster

Date: 06 1971
Description: Poster advertising for a Rock-n-Roll music festival, featuring Warner Brothers recording artist Brownsville Station, Hound Dog Moses, and Tongue. Promoted ...
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Madison Traffic Experiment Poster

Date: 08 1971
Description: Poster advertising for an event occurring between August 1971 and February 1972 called the "Traffic Experiment," in Madison. Features screen printed silhou...
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The Ethiopian Masses Are Rising Up

Date: 09 1974
Description: Poster publicizing a rally at Library Mall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Text reads: "The Ethiopian Masses Are Rising Up. Support the stru...
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Chemins de Fer électrique du Valais à Chamonix Travel Poster

Date: 1900
Description: An original colored lithograph advertising the Chemins de Fer électrique du Valais à Chamonix (Electric Railways of Valais in Chamonix) railway. The poster...
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Underground Electric Railway Company: Motor Bus Travel Poster

Date: 1924
Description: An original colored lithograph advertising the "The Way to London's Country by Motor Bus" using the Underground Electric Railway Company's motor bus servic...
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The World Cannot Live Half Slave, Half Free

Date: 1918
Description: Propaganda poster encouraging American involvement in World War I by depicting the Prussian army as enslaving Europe. Includes a map of Europe with the lan...
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"Stop Racism and Repression" Poster

Date: 1974
Description: Poster advertising a demonstration to end racism and repression in North Carolina. An outline of the shape of North Carolina is in the center, with a banne...
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Draft Law Notice!

Date: 09 03 1918
Description: Poster providing information about draft registration in the twenty-third district of Milwaukee. Includes map of the district showing precinct boundaries a...
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Where the Victims Are

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring a map of the near East, with countries demarcated. The poster title is red text reading: "Where the Victims Are." The rest of the text rea...
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Why Germany Wants Peace

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring a map of "Central Europe" and its annexes in the Near East (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Turkey), territory occupied or controlled ...
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The Teacher Serves the Nation in War — in Peace

Date: 1941
Description: World War II poster published by the National Education Association, showing a teacher working at a globe with a girl and a boy. The boy is holding a book ...

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