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| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | Advertising poster for the Fast Hitch features a cartoon of men performing the "nationally famous Fast-Hitch square dance" on Farmall tractors. A photograp... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | A poster or signboard titled: "The Right Spirit" depicting five examples of International Harvester employees engaging in recreational and voluntary activi... |
| Date: | 05 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising for the "Celebration of Life" music festival, held June 21 through 28, 1971, 150 miles north of New Orleans. Poster features two colorfu... |
| Date: | 06 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising for a Rock-n-Roll music festival, featuring Warner Brothers recording artist Brownsville Station, Hound Dog Moses, and Tongue. Promoted ... |
| Date: | 05 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster announcing People's Art Fest, a free concert event that took place three miles west of Whitewater. Featured Soup, Fuse, Oz, Tongue, Shortstuff Hope,... |
| Date: | 04 1972 |
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| Description: | Poster publicizing a concert featuring Lee Michaels, with special guests Edgar Winter and Jo-Jo Gunne, at the Dane County Coliseum in Madison, Wisconsin. C... |
| Date: | 07 1973 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising for the Dane County Jr. Fair at the Madison fairgrounds, July 18 through 22, 1973. Features a screen printed illustration of a clown, a ... |
| Date: | 09 1972 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising for Fall Fest in Kaukauna, Wisconsin, held September 16-17, 1972, at the Wisconsin International Raceway. Festival featured 16 bands, in... |
| Date: | 09 1972 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising for the Mt. York Music Festival, September 8, 9, 10, 1972. Featured music by Baby Grand, Benedict, Black Society, Brownsville Station, B... |
| Date: | 08 1972 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising for the Clyde Beatty-Cole Brothers Circus, advertised as the World's largest, which took place August 30, 1972 at the Madison Fair Groun... |
| Date: | 08 1972 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising for the Clyde Beatty-Cole Brothers combined Circus, which took place August 30, 1972 at the Madison Fair Grounds in Madison, Wisconsin. ... |
| Date: | 11 01 1970 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising the "Ogg Homecoming Bash" held in Ogg Residence Hall and Gordon Commons, on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. A football-shape... |
| Date: | 01 20 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising Defense Secretary Melvin Laird's visit to the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Features a cartooned Laird cornered in a boxing ring with... |
| Date: | 02 05 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising a performance by REO Speedwagon at Dewey's. Features a toy wagon at the top. |
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| Description: | Colorful poster depicting parade with circus wagons in foreground, and circus tents in the background. "Seal Brothers gorgeous gift to all-at noon a Mammot... |
| Date: | 07 12 |
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| Description: | Ringling Bros. and Barnun and Bailey combined shows poster, depicting wire walkers and other performers under a circus tent. "The only act of its kind" fea... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Color lithograph poster on paper. At the top reads "The Dubinsky Corporation presents a new comedy of Youth," under which in larger letters is the title. U... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Political campaign poster that features a drawing of Richard Nixon surrounded by contemporary celebrities and politicians in the center. He is wearing a bu... |
| Date: | 08 1986 |
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| Description: | Poster promoting the 1986 New York Festival Latino, which was founded in 1976, produced by Joseph Papp, a Broadway producer, and directed by Oscar Ciccone ... |
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