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"Help to Sell New Products in October" Advertising Poster

Date: 1966
Description: Advertising poster with a headline that reads: "Here's New Help to Sell New Products in October." Features samples of ads for the Scout, the DV-462 Loadsta...
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"International Loadstar" Advertising Poster

Date: 1966
Description: Advertising poster for the International Loadstar. Features a photograph of a Loadstar semi truck (tractor-trailer), a photograph of the open hood and engi...
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Wisconsin Come See For Yourself

Date: 
Description: Wisconsin Division of Tourism poster. View toward a woman sitting on a log at the shoreline of a lake or river with a bicycle laying on its side in the for...
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Mendota Lake, showing Rear of Gymnasium

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Description: View from shoreline of the south shore of Lake Mendota. There is a pavilion on the shoreline, and a large boathouse in the distance.
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El Tren Que No Llegó (Front)

Date: 1936
Description: El Tren.
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Por El Cumplimiento De La Tabla Salarial

Date: 
Description: A man, standing with a sack on a scale, and a woman, also holding a sack, are each holding one fist up in the air. The woman's sack reads: "Queremos pan ti...
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Colorado Rockies

Date: 1930
Description: An original lithograph depicting a scene in the Colorado Rockies. Text at top reads: "Colorado Rockies, Black Hills and Utah, Land of Scenic Marvels." Text...
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New Mexico and Arizona Rockies

Date: 1925
Description: An original lithograph of a woman buying a necklace from a Native American man. Horseback riders are in the distance. Text at bottom reads: "Land of Histor...
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Get Under the Big Tent

Date: 1913
Description: Advertising poster for the International Harvester exhibit at the West Michigan State Fair in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The poster features photographs of au...
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Repairs Department

Date: 1917
Description: Sign for the Repairs Department. If you want to find the Repairs Department, just "Follow the Arrow."
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"This is Art" Poster

Date: 1981
Description: Poster of Art Nesson, a well-known figure on State Street. Art made his living as a window washer, dishwasher and manual laborer. He is leaning on a mailbo...
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St. Mihiel. Edité par la Compagnie du Chemins de Fer de l'est

Date: 1919
Description: Poster with an illustration of a soldier sitting on old military equipment among the stones of a ruined building on a hill overlooking a picturesque town, ...
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Ask for Cook's Programme of Tours to the Battlefields, Thiepval

Date: 1919
Description: Poster with an illustration of a British soldier sitting on a battlefield near a trench with barb wire among many destroyed trees at night. There are birds...
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Arras

Date: 1920
Description: Poster with an illustration depicting the war-damaged town of Arras, with ruins of large buildings. Text reads: "Arras. Edité par la Compagnie du Chemin de...
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Chemin de fer du nord Cambrai, Aprés le Départ de L'ennemi

Date: 1919
Description: Poster with an illustration of bombed out buildings, including the town hall, in Cambrai. This was part of a 1919 tourism campaign by the North Railroad to...
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Lens

Date: 1920
Description: Poster with an illustration depicting the war-damaged town of Lens. There is rubble, including damaged steel parts and structures in the foreground, and ru...
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Verdun, Road to Y.M.C.A. Canteen

Date: 1917
Description: Poster with an illustration of a road with a view through an archway towards a town, with rubble in the foreground on the left. There are pedestrians and a...
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Palais de Glace — Paris Y.M.C.A. Canteen and Theatre

Date: 1918
Description: Poster with an illustration of a snowy field with bare trees and snow-covered artillery. People are walking toward a lit theater in the background. Text re...
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Warning! Consider The Possible Consequences If You Are Careless In Your Work

Date: 1917
Description: Poster with an illustration depicting an elevated view of a downed plane tail up and floating in the sea with survivors standing on top of it. A seaplane i...
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Follow Your Mates. Enlist.

Date: 1917
Description: Poster depicting a steam ship being pulled to sea by a tug boat. Smoke is billowing from both boats. Crowds of people are waving from the ship and the dock...

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