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| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Industrial safety poster warning against carelessness around elevators. Includes an image of a woman scrubbing floors. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Sign or poster encouraging International Harvester employees to work safely. Includes a picture of a veiled woman, reading: "After the Accident: The Chance... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Industrial safety sign or poster warning factory workers at Deering Works to wear safety goggles. The sign's text reads: "Men!! Do you realize that your GO... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Holiday sign illustrated with an image of Santa Claus advocating employee safety at International Harvester factories. The sign reads: "The International H... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Industiral safety sign or poster promoting "Safety First" as the "best medicine" for factory workers during "No-Accident-Week". The sign reads: "The Best M... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Industrial safety poster or sign featuring pin-up girls. The poster reminds factory workers to wear their safety goggles. The poster reads: "O Baby! Can yo... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | International Harvester Safety Week poster featuring a photograph of a woman with the slogan: "Do It For Me". The poster reads: "Do It For Me. October 20 t... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | International Harvester industrial safety sign featuring an illustration of a mother and child with the slogan: "Do It For Us." The sign reads: "Do It For ... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Industrial safety sign or poster featuring the "grim reaper" and advising factory workers to "be a booster for safety." The sign reads: "Gambling With Fate... |
| Date: | 06 07 1933 |
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| Description: | Display panel used in the International Harvester exhibit at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair. The panel illustrates the technological advancements... |
| Date: | 11 01 1970 |
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| Description: | Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) protest in Detroit, November 3, 1970. Text at the top reads: "Nov. 3 — Elections Are A Hoax!" Handwritten on the le... |
| Date: | 01 1972 |
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| Description: | Poster encouraging young people to register to vote. Includes a picture of a barefoot man with a guitar and blue jeans (a college student, hippie, musician... |
| Date: | 12 1972 |
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| Description: | Poster advocating for the release of the Camp McCoy 3--Tom Chase, Steve Geden, and Daniel Kreps, 3 GI's--for their involvement in the bombing of Camp McCoy... |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | Poster promoting Judy Greenspan for school board. Her platform includes: passage of the high school bill of rights, an end to discriminatory practices agai... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Treasury Design No. 35, "Crowd with Banners." The poster features a determined crowd of American civilians from all walks of life holding up signs in suppo... |
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| Description: | A poster promoting the importance of good roads. Image includes a horse-drawn wagon in the driving rain. |
| 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: | 05 1854 |
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| Description: | This yellow and black wood block print broadside ties England and France's declaration of war against Russia during the Crimean War into a war against high... |
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| Description: | A blue sign with white text and red stripes that reads: "George Bush For President." (George H.W. Bush). |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring a photograph of a group of Marine recruits posing with their rifles. Some are holding signs that read: "IF YOU DONT [sic] KNOW YOU GET KIL... |
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