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| Date: | 02 1972 |
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| Description: | Poster promoting a visit and lecture by American printmaker Allan (Alan) D'Arcangelo at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Finely detailed poster by artist Jonathan Chritton, on the theme of love. Features castles, hot air balloons, and other whimsical features in a symmetrical... |
| Date: | 03 1972 |
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| Description: | Poster publicizing a pilgrimage for peace and freedom event, converging in Harrisburg, PA, March 25 through April 2, 1972. Features an image of handcuffed ... |
| Date: | 04 1972 |
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| Description: | Poster publicizing the 1972 Wisconsin Music Festival, which took place April 14-16, 1972, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House. Featured Rich... |
| Date: | 04 1972 |
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| Description: | Sign board used for protest in the wake of the Sterling Hall bombing that reads, "AMRC The Real Murderers,"in watercolor. |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | Poster designed to recruit soldiers to the 19th Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. In addition to the text, the poster features an eagle carrying a b... |
| 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: | 10 1972 |
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| Description: | Poster supporting black students to register to vote. Features a student, with white face paints that reads, "Vote" and the slogan, "The Time is Now. Regis... |
| Date: | 11 1972 |
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| Description: | Poster with the schedule for the 1972/1973 University of Wisconsin-Madison men's basketball team schedule. At the time, tickets to games sold for $3.00 and... |
| Date: | 10 1972 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising for the world premiere of "Childhood II: A Nude Encounter," a documentary film at the Stage Door Theatre, part of the Orpheum in Madison... |
| Date: | 09 1972 |
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| Description: | Handmade screen printed poster with a picture of a fist and the text "Boycott Non-UFWOC [United Farm Workers of America Organizing Committee] Lettuce". |
| Date: | 1972 |
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| Description: | Poster promoting a gay dance to be held at the Memorial Union's Old Madison Room. Donation fee of .50 requested. Additional graffitti reads "No Union Scabs... |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | Poster proclaiming the need for an urgent lesbian meeting. Poster depicts Athena with shield. Agenda for meeting includes a speakers bureau, counseling gro... |
| Date: | 1971 |
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| Description: | Hand-lettered poster promoting a Women's Dance on Saturday November 6th at 9pm at 10 Langdon Street. The illustration depicts a flower constructed of the s... |
| 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: | 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster for dance, to be held at 10 Langdon Street, sponsored by the Gay Liberation Front. Includes the symbols of Mars, the symbol for a male organism or m... |
| Date: | 1971 |
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| Description: | Handmade poster entitled "Lesbian Love". Announces gay sisters meetings at 10 Langdon Street and a women's party after the meeting. Objective is to plan fo... |
| Date: | 1979 |
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| Description: | Poster for cabaret entertainment at L'etoile Jazz Club, 25 N. Pinckney Street, featuring Lisa Davis et Bil Meredith and Lynette, on June 10, 1979. |
| Date: | 1975 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising an event with UW Madison visiting artist Roy DeForest. Features a drawing by Deforest of a man and a dog. Held at the Elvehjem Art Cente... |
| Date: | 05 1975 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising the 6th annual Mifflin Street Block Party, featuring an image of a star with fire on it, bearing the inscription "sun worship, victory c... |
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