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| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin State Capitol Assembly Chamber, including the mural of Edwin Blashfield. The mural depicts Wisconsin's past, present and future and set the tone ... |
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| Description: | A political cartoon entitled "The Hercules of Labor saving his Country" depicting a man with a sword lopping the heads off a double-headed snake, which is ... |
| Date: | 07 22 1905 |
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| Description: | A cartoon titled "The First Mountain To Be Removed" showing Uncle Sam and Theodore Roosevelt looking at a mountain shaped like a skeleton wearing a mask an... |
| Date: | 09 20 1891 |
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| Description: | Political cartoon from the Washington Post. It refers to the role of Jeremiah M. Rusk, the Secretary of Agriculture from Wisconsin, in negotiating i... |
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| Description: | A cartoon depicting a Native American Indian holding treaty rights and saying, "Great white fathers are sulking because we won't trade our heritage!". They... |
| Date: | 04 1987 |
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| Description: | Singer Harry Bellafonte, then the ambassador for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) testified on behalf of the fund before the House Appropriation... |
| Date: | 1988 |
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| Description: | Texas political activist and broadcaster James Hightower at a political event for Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey. |
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| Description: | A naked man (bartender Earl Ehrhart from Union House) boiling in a cauldron, labeled "Degreaser for fats" over a wood fire. Two people, depicted as African... |
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| Description: | Caricature of President Jimmy Carter with the text: "Maybe You'd Like to Debate with Brother Billy." |
| Date: | 10 30 1875 |
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| Description: | A cartoon of a woman representing excellence standing on the steps of Tammany Hall and holding her nose as she looks at the pitiful state of school reform.... |
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| Description: | One of the pages of notes Dalton Trumbo created in preparation for testifying before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in October 1947. |
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