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Stripper-Harvesters Advertising Poster

Date: 1925
Description: Advertising poster for the International stripper-harvester showing a field of grain and the silhouette of a horse-drawn machine against the backdrop of a ...
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Tomahawk Ridge Ski Jumping Championships

Date: 01 1971
Description: Poster for the Tomahawk Ridge Ski Jumping Championships, held Sunday, January 24, 1971. An official Central U.S. Ski Association Meet, sponsored by the Bl...
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Keep It Coming

Date: 1914
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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Soo Line Railway Company Promotional Poster

Date: 1960
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...
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Northern Pacific Railway Travel Poster: Rainier National Park

Date: 1930
Description: An original lithograph promoting "The New Yakima Gateway to Rainier National Park," and to get there by way of the Northern Pacific Railway. The poster fea...
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Northern Pacific Railway Travel Poster: Mt. St. Helens

Date: 1947
Description: An original lithograph promoting Mt. St. Helens, and to get there by way of the Northern Pacific Railway. Featuring the artwork of Gustav Krollmann, it dep...
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Northern Pacific Railway Travel Poster: Alaskans — "Off to the Potlatch"

Date: 1947
Description: An original lithograph promoting Alaska, and to get there by way of the the Northern Pacific Railway. Features the artwork of Sydney Laurence, with a depic...
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Pennsylvania Railroad Travel Poster: Pittsburgh in the Beginning

Date: 1930
Description: An original lithograph promoting Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and the Pennsylvania Railroad through artist N.C. Wyeth's depiction of the establishment of Fort...
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New Hampshire State Planning and Development Commission Travel Poster

Date: 1936
Description: An original lithograph promoting New Hampshire as the "Land of Scenic Splendor." The poster features the artist Maxwell Parrish's depiction of a New Hampsh...
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Chemins de fer électriques de la Gruyère Travel Poster

Date: 1900
Description: An original colored lithograph advertising the Chemins de fer électriques de la Gruyèr railway in Switzerland. The poster features the artist Anton Reckzi...
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Central Pacific Railway California Travel Poster

Date: 1900
Description: An original colored lithograph advertising the Pacific Railway's route from New York to California, encouraging people to "Go and See the Great American Pa...
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"Victory is a Question of Stamina"

Date: 1917
Description: World War I United States Food Administration poster showing two soldiers in full gear running through snow with bayonets drawn. Text reads, "Victory is a ...
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Rural Highways Poster

Date: 
Description: A poster promoting the importance of good roads. Image includes a horse-drawn wagon in the driving rain.
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Votes For Women

Date: 1915
Description: Political poster featuring a female angel, wrapped in a strapless gown and wings, holding a banner over her head with "1915" on it. Billowing clouds and bl...
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Support the People’s War in Peru!

Date: 05 17 1980
Description: Poster in support of the People's War in Peru, which began in 1980. The war was instigated by a Maoist political group within Peru known as the Shining Pat...
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David Fine Freedom Committee

Date: 1976
Description: Poster advertising the David Fine Freedom Committee. David Fine was the youngest of the four men involved in the Sterling Hall bombing at the University of...
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"Boy" Film Poster

Date: 1970
Description: Grove Press International Film Festival film poster for the Japanese film, "Shônen." Illustrated image of two small children sitting in the snow, with an a...
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Join American Red Cross Poster

Date: 1917
Description: World War I poster depicting a young nurse extending out her right hand. In the background, wolves are approaching the front porch of a house, and howling ...
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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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His Home Over There DPP?

Date: 1918
Description: Poster with an illustration of soldiers in silhouette walking through the snow towards a warmly lit YMCA building at night. The YMCA and YWCA logo's are on...

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