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Testing the First Reaping Machine

Date: 1883
Description: Advertising lithograph depicting the first public demonstration of a mechanical reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steeles Tavern, Virginia, in 1831. The sc...
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Champion Harvesting Machines Advertisement

Date: 1890
Description: Advertising poster for Champion brand agricultural machines, manufactured by Warder, Bushnell and Glessner Company. The main illustration depicts a salesma...
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Deering Harvester Advertising Poster

Date: 1899
Description: Advertising poster featuring color illustation of three men and a dog watching a farmer harvest grain with a horse-drawn Deering Ideal grain binder. The me...
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French Advertising Poster

Date: 1900
Description: French lithographed advertising poster featuring a color illustration of two horses pulling a man on a mower. Text on the poster includes "R. Wallut and C....
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"Matterplay"

Date: 01 26 1971
Description: Poster advertising Matterplay at 321 Gorham Street, Madison, Wisconsin. The poster features a combination of fantasy and realism in its representation of s...
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Buffalo Bill's Wild West Poster

Date: 1920
Description: An original lithograph featuring Buffalo Bill riding his horse. The poster was created for Buffalo Bill's Wild West circus show, as part of the Sells Floto...
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Military Memorial Poster

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Description: Commemorative poster honoring duties of the States and those that fought and lead the war.
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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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Team Work Will Win the War!

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring a cartoon panel in which Uncle Sam is riding on a wagon pulled by two horses, with text that reads "— Over Here —, and on the right near s...

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