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"The Candidate"

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Description: Drawing of a bull with a ring through its nose. The bull is excreting feces. Below the text reads: "The Candidate."
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"Arms for Sale"

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Description: Profile portrait of bald-headed man wearing a pair of eyeglasses with a cannon in place of his nose. At the top the text reads: "Arms For Sale," and at the...
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Soldier and Missile

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Description: Drawing of a soldier, wearing a backpack and a helmet that covers his eyes, sitting next to a missile, labeled "HATE." In the sky is the word: "POLITICS." ...
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"No Draft Press"

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Description: Cartoon drawing of a man standing in profile, sweating while working at a commercial pants pressing machine marked: "No Draft Press." He holds out a card t...
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"Information Needed . . ."

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Description: Satirical drawing of a man pushing a wheelbarrow to carry his oversized belly that reads: "Information Needed: $10,000.00 Reward for any Politician or Bura...
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"Remember, Women are the Mothers of the Human Race"

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Description: Drawing of a woman's head with a golden crown floating above her head. The text reads: "Remember, Women are the Mothers of the Human Race."
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Ice Chipper's Annual Invitation - Front Cover

Date: 1961
Description: Front of two-fold invitation to the Ice Chipper's annual gathering, held on February 28, 1961. The front design is a drawing by Sid of a fisherman walking ...
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"Soglin Cocktail"

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Description: Political cartoon of Paul Soglin as a wine glass, anthropomorphized with his eyes, nose, and moustache. Text at top reads: "Soglin Cocktail." In the center...
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"Poor Pickins"

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Description: A small boy is pointing at an overweight man, representing Lee Sherman Dreyfus (June 20, 1926 – January 2, 2008) who was an American politician and member ...
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Taxpayer

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Description: Cartoon drawing, black on white of a man wearing nothing but a barrel, which is labeled "Taxpayer." He is holding newspapers in each hand. The headlines re...
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Campaign Promises

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Description: Drawing of a thin, naked man standing in a cold wind with his hand over his mouth. Around his waist is a newspaper, with the headline: "Campaign Promises."...
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Scandal

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Description: Drawing of President Nixon kneeling on the ground and with his hand trying to plug a hole in the wall in an attempt to stop water gushing out of it. Above ...
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Walk-in-the-Water

Date: 03 1882
Description: Engraving after a drawing of the steamer Walk-in-the-Water, the first steamboat to sail the Great Lakes.
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Pat Lucey Political Cartoon

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Description: Political cartoon depicting Wisconsin Governor Patrick J. Lucey holding the tail of one running horse labeled spending, with his legs wrapped around...
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John Peter Altgeld

Date: 1893
Description: Engraved lithographic quarter-length portrait of John Peter Altgeld, a Union veteran of the Civil War, judge, lawyer, and politician. Altgeld was a Progres...
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Fisher Ames

Date: 1864
Description: Engraved lithographic portrait of Fisher Ames, a Federalist politician. He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1788, then a membe...
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Fisher Ames

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Description: Engraved lithographic waist-up portrait of Fisher Ames posed sitting in a chair holding a book. He was a Federalist politician. He was a member of the Mass...

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