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"The Real Criminals Are Those... "

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Description: Advertisement picturing a white woman and an African American man with the title "The Real Criminals Are Those Who Preach Racial Integration."
Poster

The Red Cross War Fund Poster

Date: 1914
Description: "If You Can't Go Across With A Gun Come Across With Your Part Of The Red Cross War Fund." Poster depicting a man, wounded and bleeding with his arm in a sl...
Poster

Keep Him Free

Date: 1917
Description: War Savings Stamps poster featuring an eagle crushing enemy planes. At the top of the poster is written: "Keep Him Free" and at the bottom: "Buy War Saving...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Welcome Mr. Kennedy

Date: 12 22 1963
Description: An advertisement placed in "The Dallas Morning News" on the morning of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The ad attacked Kennedy's foreign an...
Poster

That Liberty Shall Not Perish From the Earth

Date: 1918
Description: United States government bonds poster in the Fourth Liberty Loan "B" series. "Buy Liberty Bonds. Fourth Liberty Loan." Depicts enemy aircraft bombing New Y...
Poster

Every Business Has Three Partners

Date: 1918
Description: Poster with cartoon depicting three men armed with bayoneted rifles, standing in front of a pillar, with factory buildings in the background. The men are w...
Poster

Boost Your Job!

Date: 1918
Description: Poster with two cartoons under the headline. The cartoon on the left shows a man is nailing a sign to a padlocked door, which is labeled "Opportunity." The...
Poster

We Are Human 'Round Here

Date: 1918
Description: Poster with two cartoon panels. In the first, at top left, a man in a suit has his hand on the shoulder of a man in overalls and is asking, "Do you find th...
Poster

This Town Is Your Home

Date: 1918
Description: Poster with two cartoon panels. In the first, silhouetted figures are working in the yard in front of a large house with a public school and a factory with...
Poster

When You Attack Men Who Maintain Pay Rolls

Date: 1918
Description: Poster with two cartoon panels. In the one on the left, a man wearing a hat and smoking a cigar is carrying a sack labeled "Agitator." He is demanding of a...
Poster

Criticism

Date: 1918
Description: Poster with two cartoon panels. In the one on the left, an oversized man is getting ready to swing a sledgehammer, which is labeled "Misunderstanding," get...
Poster

Good Business Law

Date: 1918
Description: Poster with two cartoon panels. In the first panel on the left, a man is sing at a desk with a roll labeled "Plans" and saying to another man, who is stand...
Poster

Mr. Consumer

Date: 1918
Description: Poster with two cartoon panels. In the panel on the left, a man in a military uniform, labeled "General Business," is forced to dance by a hand firing a gu...
Poster

Stick To Your Job

Date: 1918
Description: Poster including two cartoon panels. In the first on the left, a workman smoking a cigarette and with his coat over his arm is trying to shake hands with a...
Poster

National Security and Prosperity

Date: 1918
Description: Poster including two cartoon panels. In the first, labeled: "10 A.M.," several silhouetted men are walking out of a factory. A cartoon blackbird is comment...
Poster

The Man at the Bench

Date: 1918
Description: Poster including two cartoon panels. In the first on the left, titled "The Bench Worker in the Office," a seated man in a suit is saying to a man standing ...
Poster

The Iron Heel

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring a caricaure in which a mule, wearing a hat with an American flag and Red Cross flag, and branded with "U.S.A.," is standing over three men...
Poster

Don't Blame It All On The War!

Date: 1918
Description: Poster includes a cartoon panel showing a scale. On one side, which is labeled: "Price to Consumer," are weights labeled: "Supply, Demand, Quality, and Was...
Poster

The 4-Leaf Clover of Industry

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a four-leaf clover, which is labeled: "Co-operation" on the stem. The four leaves are labeled: "Wage Payer, Wage Earner...
Poster

America's Success in War and Industry

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of Uncle Sam pointing at the viewer. Poster text reads: "AMERICA'S SUCCESS IN WAR AND INDUSTRY Depends on the co-operation...

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