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Poster for "The Cow-Boy Girl"

Date: 1907
Description: Color lithograph poster advertising the musical "The Cow-boy Girl" depicting Pa trying to talk to Ma through her ear horn. Kilroy and Britton were the prod...
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One Man, One Vote

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Description: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee poster of an African American man in a straw hat and overalls seated in front of a weathered building. Text in th...
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For Food... For Freedom

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Description: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee poster showing a close-up of a child with a dirty face.
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Is He Protecting You?

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Description: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee poster showing a Mississippi highway patrolman in a helmet stands with his arms crossed. Other people are visible...
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D. W. Griffith "Intolerance" Poster

Date: 02 1971
Description: Poster advertising a screening of D. W. Griffith's Intolerance, held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Wisconsin Union Theater, February 18, 19...
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Ike & Tina Turner Show Poster

Date: 06 1971
Description: Poster advertising for a concert by Ike and Tina Turner at the Dane County Coliseum, in Madison, Wisconsin, June 26th, 1971. Features a picture of Tina Tur...
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REO Speedwagon at Dewey's

Date: 02 05 1971
Description: Poster advertising a performance by REO Speedwagon at Dewey's. Features a toy wagon at the top.
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Fleetwood Mac at Dewey's

Date: 02 21 1971
Description: Poster advertising a performance by Fleetwood Mac at Dewey's. Features an outdoor photograph of the band.
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Under the Gaslight Poster

Date: 1867
Description: Lithograph poster for Augustin Daly's 1867 play Under the Gaslight, depicting Snorkey the one-armed Civil War veteran tied to the railroad tracks, w...
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B.B. King Performance

Date: 03 29 1971
Description: Poster advertising a performance by B.B. King at Dewey's. Features a photograph of B.B. King with a guitar, presumably at a performance. The poster was des...
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"The Astonished Heart" Poster

Date: 1949
Description: Poster design (14 x 36 inches) for "The Astonished Heart" (Gainsborough Pictures, 1949).
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"The Astonished Heart" Window Card

Date: 1949
Description: Window card for "The Astonished Heart" (Gainsborough Pictures, 1949).
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"The Astonished Heart" Poster

Date: 1949
Description: Poster design (22 x 28 inches) for "The Astonished Heart" (Gainsborough Pictures, 1949).
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Chromolithograph of John Bunny

Date: 1913
Description: Undated color lithograph of the Vitagraph star John Bunny mounted on card stock.
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Poster for Morris Brothers' Opera House Minstrels

Date: 1857
Description: Black and white lithograph on paper. Title over image of minstrel company. Inserts of Lon and Billy Morris, left and right. Large image of man papering sto...
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Poster for "Shore Acres"

Date: 1893
Description: Color lithograph on paper. "James A. Herne in his Great Play" upper left, title and director upper right. Scene from play with Martin and Nathaniel Berry c...
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Poster for "James J. Corbett, A Naval Cadet"

Date: 1895
Description: Color lithograph on paper. "James J. Corbett in His New Play A Naval Cadet" across top, Charles T. Vincent's name beneath title upper left and "Direction o...
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Poster for "Rip Van Winkle"

Date: 1905
Description: Color lithograph on paper. Across top in caps "A splendid scenic revival of the greatest of American dramas." Title runs beneath. Scene from play in which ...
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Poster for "The Shaughraun"

Date: 1875
Description: Color lithograph on paper. Title across top in caps. Below it a scene in a pub featuring three men, with the central figure propping a foot on a wooden buc...
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Poster for "The Man, the Maid and the Money"

Date: 1911
Description: Color lithograph poster. Title runs across top and the poster features a portrait of Dan Russell, whose name runs across the bottom. The famous comedian...

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