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| Date: | 1867 |
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| Description: | Lithograph poster for Augustin Daly's 1867 play Under the Gaslight, depicting Snorkey the one-armed Civil War veteran tied to the railroad tracks, w... |
| Date: | 1971 |
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| Description: | Cover illustration of a calendar promoting gay pride. The calendar features numerous photographs, illustrations and quotations for each month from March 19... |
| Date: | 03 14 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising the story of "Madison's hippie haunts" in Insight Magazine and the Milwaukee Journal. Features a street view of West Miffl... |
| Date: | 03 26 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster promoting a sock hop held on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus at Gordon Commons. Features a man and woman on a motorcycle. |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | United States Food Administration World War I Poster. "Keep It Coming/ We must not only feed our soldiers at the front but the millions of women and childr... |
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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: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Treasury Design No. 24, "Happy Family." The poster features two contrasting scenes. On the left is a naval battle commencing on stormy waters in shades of ... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Office of Civilian Defense Design No. 6, "Life Raft." The poster features a man in uniform pulling a limp man out of the water and into a life raft. The su... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Office of Civilian Defense Design No. 2, "Policeman." The poster features a police officer with cars passing behind him. The subtitle below the main captio... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | An original lithograph depicting a scene aboard a United States Lines passenger ship, featuring what appears to be the New York City skyline in the backgro... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | An original lithograph depicting a scene aboard a United States Lines passenger ship, featuring a man and a woman looking toward the ocean's horizon. |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | An original lithograph distributed by the Soo Line Railway Company, as a promotion for their shipping and passenger services. The poster features a train t... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | An original lithograph promoting New York Central Lines railway and the city of Chicago. Featuring the artist Leslie Ragan, the poster depicts the buildin... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | An original lithograph promoting New York Central Lines railway and the area of New England, deemed "America's Historic Summerland" in the poster. Featurin... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | An original lithograph promoting New York Central Lines railway and the West Point military academy, in a location described as being "In the highlands of ... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | An original lithograph promoting New York Central Lines railway and the Grand Central Station in New York City, also described as "The Gateway to a Contine... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | An original lithograph promoting the Northern Pacific Railway's Yellowstone Park line. Featuring the work of artist Edward Brener, the poster depicts the O... |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | An original lithograph promoting the South Pacific System railway and southern California. Featuring the artist M. Gundlach, the poster depicts the rolling... |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | An original lithograph promoting California as a summer's destination to be reached by train. The poster features a woman in a vibrant yellow dress overloo... |
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