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"Be thankfull (sic.) you are not a turkey!"

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Description: A cartoon line drawing in black of a turkey with a hatchet coming down on it neck, with "Ohio Special" written on its breast. Includes the phrase, in red l...
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Reagan Poster

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Description: A cartoon line drawing in black of Ronald Reagan in profile, as a caricature, with the text, in red that reads: "I don't want Carter's job America needs a ...
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"You're All Heart"

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Description: Cartoon of a full-length line drawing of a man and a woman standing at a bar. The man is wearing a suit and tie, and the woman, seen from the rear, has a l...
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""Ohio Tavern Women's Bowling Team League Champs"

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Description: Text reads, "Ohio Tavern Women's Bowling Team League Champs, '79-'80" lettered in red, except for "Women's" which is in black. Curlicue designs fill top tw...
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Jimmy Carter Caricature

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Description: Black-line head-and-shoulders caricature of President Jimmy Carter, with over-sized grin. Text reads: "But - I am my brother's keeper."
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Panama Canal Poster

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Description: Text reads: "A politician buys* Somebody a shovel and then he wants all the credit for digging the Panama Canal. *With your taxes." Three shovels are drawn...
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"Debate? I Want a Tax Rebate"

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Description: Written in thick red letters, text reads: "Debate? I want a tax rebate."
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"Lower your standard of living — Pay your taxes!"

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Description: Cartoon figures drawn in color, with Uncle Sam holding a vacuum cleaner hose for sucking dollar bills away from a small figure, wearing only a barrel. Text...
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"Let's Drive the Snakes Out of Ireland"

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Description: Drawing of a male face with a green fluffy beard and hair, eyeglasses, and a dark cap, with his hand holding a curved green bat labeled "Union House." Alon...
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"We Say: Beware of Shifty Pick Pockets!"

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Description: Red octopus with a black hat on its head, and all its arms marked by the name of kinds of taxes, such as "Utility Tax" and "Food Tax." On the face of the o...
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"S.O.B. Save Our Bartender"

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Description: Poster with a portrait of a man wearing a captain's style hat with the insignia of a bottle, and eyeglasses, with a beard and moustache, with a noose aroun...
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"Festival of the Snakes"

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Description: Color caricature of a man, with one eye shut, and the other eye bloodshot, wearing a black hat and black overcoat, and signed: "Sid Boyum." In the top left...
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"One Term" Political Poster

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Description: Drawing of a black outlined bird, with colored feathers, perching on a branch with a wide open mouth. Text reads, "Politics, Nothing to Crow About!" and be...
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"I Did Not Vote For . . ."

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Description: A political poster with text reads: "I Did Not Vote For Inflation, Recession, Unemployment, High Taxes Or Hypocrites. How about Using Your Tax Dollar On Yo...
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"Big Oil"

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Description: A naked man (bartender Earl Ehrhart from Union House) boiling in a cauldron, labeled "Degreaser for fats" over a wood fire. Two people, depicted as African...
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"It's Difficult to Soar with Eagles . . ."

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Description: Political poster with text that reads: "It's Difficult to Soar with Eagles When You Work with Turkeys."
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"Help Me Drive Snakes Out Of Ireland"

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Description: A woman with green hair is holding a green stick with the text "Ohio" on it. Drawn in green is a snake at top right, wearing a hat, and clover leaves. On t...
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"Opinions Are Like Aholes . . ."

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Description: Text in large red lettering reads: "Opinions Are Like Aholes, Everybody Has One!" over an amorphous shape of a person's rear end.
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"Sex is a Misdemeanor . . ."

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Description: Text in red lettering reads: "Sex is a Misdemeanor, The More You Miss The Meaner You Get." The words "miss" and "meaner" are underlined.
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"Our Hero Heiden"

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Description: Text in bold red letters reads: "Our Hero Heiden." Poster is referencing ice skaters Eric and Beth Heiden.

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