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Father Groppi and Demonstrators

Date: 1968
Description: Father James Groppi (1930-) and school desegregation demonstrators marching in. Milwaukee holding signs that read "Stop School Segregation"
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Mock Convention

Date: 11 01 1968
Description: A mock presidential political convention at a middle school.
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Peace Through Victory

Date: 01 19 1968
Description: Protesters, members of the Milwaukee Americans for Freedom, demonstrate against presidential candidate Eugene McCarthy and in favor of the Vietnam war.
Poster

One Man, One Vote

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Description: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee poster of an African American man in a straw hat and overalls seated in front of a weathered building. Text in th...
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Youthful Republicans for Barry Goldwater

Date: 09 22 1964
Description: Three young men displaying some campaign materials outside their own GOP headquarters in a garage at 8608 W. Meinecke Avenue in Wauwatosa. They are, from l...
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Ronald Reagan Campaigning for President

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Description: Ronald Reagan shakes hands with workers in front of a Manitowoc crane.
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American Political Items Collectors Association Convention

Date: 07 28 1989
Description: Don Starky, of Napoleon, Ohio, looks over some of the buttons on display at the American Political Items Collectors Association Convention. Political poste...
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Delegates and Signs at the Democratic National Convention

Date: 09 12 1984
Description: Delegates hold up Mondale/Ferraro signs at the Democratic National Convention. Two are hand-drawn signs, "Hitler/Bush in '84, Rockin' Central America" and ...
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Romney, Great for '68

Date: 01 05 1968
Description: A man and woman get ready for the arrival of Mrs. George W. Romney at the Romney for President headquarters. Several campaign posters and banners are sprea...
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Snoopy For President

Date: 08 14 1968
Description: A group of children are holding up hand-made signs, demonstrating for "Snoopy for President." Several children are wearing Peanuts t-shirts and sweatshirts...
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Jack Olson Nominated for Governor

Date: 05 16 1970
Description: Jack Olson gets a congratulatory handshake after he was nominated for Governor by Gov. Knowles. His supporters are holding many "Olson For Governor" and "I...
Poster

Demonstrate No Confidence

Date: 1976
Description: Political poster urging citizens to "Demonstrate No Confidence" in neither the Democrats nor the Republicans. The poster has a cartoon of the Republican el...
Poster

Hail the Formation of the Revolutionary Internationalist Movement!

Date: 1984
Description: Poster advertising the formation of the Revolutionary Internationalist Movement, an international Communist organization. The participating member organiza...
Poster

Artists Call Against US Intervention In Central America

Date: 01 1984
Description: Includes artist's statement and names (including Emile de Antonio) and calendar of events. Poster design: Claes Oldenburg. Funds for poster from artists an...
Poster

May Day Poster

Date: 1982
Description: Poster for May Day urging rebellion in the United States. Poster shows a red and black screenprint of a brick wall with white letters, with the bricks expl...
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Spearfishing Protest

Date: 1990
Description: Protesters standing behind a fence at an anti-spearfishing rally. The man in the center is holding a sign that reads: "Spearing Sucks."
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Mrs. Carrie Lee Nelson

Date: 10 11 1968
Description: A woman is sitting and holding a cup of coffee on a plate, facing an unidentified person in the foreground. She is wearing a name tag that reads: "Carrie L...
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Today Blacklist Rules the Movies!

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Description: A flyer with the headline "TODAY BLACKLIST RULES THE MOVIES! TOMORROW...It may rule YOU--your job, your life!" denounces the Hollywood blacklist and the Th...

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