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"S.O.B. Save Our Bartender"

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Description: Poster with a portrait of a man wearing a captain's style hat with the insignia of a bottle, and eyeglasses, with a beard and moustache, with a noose aroun...
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"Festival of the Snakes"

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Description: Color caricature of a man, with one eye shut, and the other eye bloodshot, wearing a black hat and black overcoat, and signed: "Sid Boyum." In the top left...
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"One Term" Political Poster

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Description: Drawing of a black outlined bird, with colored feathers, perching on a branch with a wide open mouth. Text reads, "Politics, Nothing to Crow About!" and be...
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"Big Oil"

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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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"Opinions Are Like Aholes . . ."

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Description: Text in large red lettering reads: "Opinions Are Like Aholes, Everybody Has One!" over an amorphous shape of a person's rear end.
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"Sex is a Misdemeanor . . ."

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Description: Text in red lettering reads: "Sex is a Misdemeanor, The More You Miss The Meaner You Get." The words "miss" and "meaner" are underlined.
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"Our Hero Heiden"

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Description: Text in bold red letters reads: "Our Hero Heiden." Poster is referencing ice skaters Eric and Beth Heiden.
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"I Owned a Tavern"

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Description: Two panels of a three-panel cartoon, arranged vertically. A wall and ornate fence are in the middle-ground of both panels. A woman in the foreground (JoAnn...
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"JoAnn Stood at the Pearly Gates . . ."

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Description: First panel of three part cartoon panel. Text reads: "JoAnn Stood at the Pearly Gates, Her Face Worn & Old, She Merely Asked the Man of Fate . . . Admissio...
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"The Law is Like a Spiderweb . . ."

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Description: Cartoon of a judge standing behind a desk wielding a gavel to hit a blindfolded man on the head, with the words "90 Days." In the upper left-hand corner is...
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"Did You Get Scrooged for Christmas?"

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Description: Cartoon drawing of a man's face with a cigar in his mouth. Two pointing hands float on each side of his head, and a sprog of holly is in the upper left-han...
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A Race with Death and Taxes

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Description: Cartoon of Uncle Sam, on the left, rolling up his sleeves, watching a man and the Grim Reaper running towards him. In the center is a barrier marked: "Stan...
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"Political Tricks, No Treats, Higher Taxes"

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Description: Three cartoon ghosts, labeled "Inflation," "Unemployment," and "High Taxes" floating around an orange pumpkin, with a face cut as a caricature of President...
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"Maybe You'd Like to Debate With Brother Billy"

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Description: Caricature of President Jimmy Carter with the text: "Maybe You'd Like to Debate with Brother Billy."
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"The Big Rip Off!"

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Description: A man with his mouth open, and wearing a hat and sunglasses is sitting on a sulky (two-wheeled horse racing vehicle) while holding empty reins out in front...
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"If Everybody Was a Politician . . ."

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Description: In red letters on white board, text reads: "If Everybody was a Politician Who Would Do the Work."
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Ohio Tavern Picnic Poster

Date: 1980
Description: Poster for Ohio Tavern Picnic. Lettering in red text, among yellow circles, reads: "1980 Ohio Picnic, Aug.17, Lake Edge Park, Bring a Dish to Pass." At bot...
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"A Tax Payer . . ."

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Description: Black letters on white, text reads: "A Tax Payer Living Off Tax Payers."
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Schenks Atwood

Date: 1981
Description: Mock-up poster for the "Schenk's-Atwood Revitalization Association." At the top it reads: "Schenks Atwood" in red ink on a yellow background. Below that ar...
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Badger Backer Poster

Date: 1984
Description: Silk-screen print of University of Wisconsin-Madison mascot, Bucky Badger, in red ink on white paper. Bucky is running, and is wearing a striped sweater an...

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