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For Every Fighter a Woman Worker, Care For Her Through the YWCA

Date: 1918
Description: A female factory worker standing with her arms upraised, holding a miniature airplane in one hand and a bombshell in the other. In the background is the YW...
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Strike Him Down

Date: 02 1971
Description: Political propaganda poster featuring a red, white, and blue eagle being struck down from the sky, accompanied by the phrase: "Strike Him Down." The eagle...
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Radical Zionist Alliance Poster

Date: 02 1971
Description: Poster advertising for the Radical Zionist Alliance's Radical National Convention. Caption around picture of guerrilla reads, "Be a revolutionary in Zion, ...
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Karl Armstrong for District Attorney

Date: 11 1972
Description: Polemical political poster advocating Karl Armstrong for District Attorney of Wisconsin. Text reads, "We will be free. We see the AMRC blast as more than j...
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"Drop What You're Doing"

Date: 01 10 1971
Description: Poster advertising the visit of Defense Secretary Melvin Laird to the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Features a caricatured Laird sitting in an airplane ...
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The Next War

Date: 1934
Description: Poster for an anti-war documentary film written by Burnet Hershey and produced by M.J. Kandel for Ideal Pictures Corp.
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Sherman's Portable Fortification and Breast Work

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Description: An article discussing a new device to protect Union infantry from the enemy while they are advancing.
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Military Memorial Poster

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Description: Commemorative poster honoring duties of the States and those that fought and lead the war.
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No Chemical Weapons!

Date: 01 16 1984
Description: Russian with Cyrillic characters. Poster depicts a person with a "USA" hard hat and dollar signs on his goggles pouring a chemical into a beaker with a CS ...
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"Rush to Judgment"

Date: 1967
Description: Poster advertising Emile de Antonio's 1967 documentary film "Rush to Judgment," about the Warren Commission's investigation into the assassination of Presi...
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"In the King of Prussia"

Date: 1982
Description: Poster advertising a British screening Emile de Antonio's 1982 film "In the King of Prussia," about the trial of the anti-war activist group Plowshares Eig...
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"El reñidero" (The Cockpit) Film Poster

Date: 1965
Description: Argentine film poster. Illustrated image of two men fighting in the street with knives. They are both wearing hats and suits.
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"No Blood For Oil" Poster

Date: 1990
Description: Poster text reads, "No Blood for Oil, Bring the Troops Home." Features a depiction of a soldier standing and holding a missile above his head. The soldier ...
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"Stop the Mad Bomber" Poster

Date: 1972
Description: Poster promoting a rally against Richard Nixon. The header reads, "Stop the Mad Bomber: Confront Nixon at Miami Beach. August 20th-23rd,1972. The Miami Con...
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"Stop the Arms Race" Poster

Date: 1983
Description: Social action poster advertising 'STAR.' Depicts a star over the Venus symbol. The original caption reads: "Star. Stop The Arms Race. Bruxelles Brussel 8.3...
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If I Fail He Dies

Date: 1918
Description: World War I poster featuring two nurses in white gowns and hats. One of the women is behind a table preparing bandages, and the other woman is cradling a w...
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Transport Americain. American Field Service

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a French ambulance driving at night. The driver is wearing a helmet, and the man standing on the side of the truck is l...
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Už Slovensko Vstáva

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a soldier standing on a hill and raising his bayonetted rifle, and another soldier moving downhill in the right foregro...
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Boh do Krivdy Hromom

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a man with a musket and a handaxe charging at three fleeing soldiers, while red lightning flashes from dark storm cloud...
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They Shall Not Perish

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of Columbia, who is brandishing a sword and protecting a young woman sitting beside her holding onto her legs. A flag is w...

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