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| Date: | 1883 |
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| Description: | Advertising lithograph depicting the first public demonstration of a mechanical reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steeles Tavern, Virginia, in 1831. The sc... |
| Date: | 11 01 1970 |
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| Description: | Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) protest in Detroit, November 3, 1970. Text at the top reads: "Nov. 3 — Elections Are A Hoax!" Handwritten on the le... |
| Date: | 02 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster advocating the liberation of Angela Davis, an American Communist organizer and professor associated with the Black Panther movement. Created by The... |
| Date: | 09 1971 |
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| Description: | Enlarged version of a mocking "warning card" to be placed in railroad trains, buses, streetcars, and other public forums. Warning reads, "Beware! Young and... |
| Date: | 10 1967 |
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| Description: | Poster with a large image of the Dow Riot (Oct. 18, 1967) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, showing riot police beating protesters. Includes t... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Campaign poster for Victoria Gray. She ran against the policies of white segregationist Senator John Stennis in the 5th District. Along with Fannie Lou Ham... |
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| Description: | A poster with an image of armed law enforcement officers surrounding a building during an election or voter education meeting. The text reads, "Voters Welc... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Recruitment poster for the United States Navy. Depicts Uncle Sam in a soldier's uniform pointing a gun at the German Kaiser, who is dressed in a crown and ... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Czechoslovakian film poster with a white background and black lettering. Along the bottom is a photographic image of three young men and a woman talking, s... |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | German film poster for the French-Italian Film, "Che gioia vivere." Nine illustrated, square panels filled with different scenes. One shows two men fightin... |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | Grove Press International Film Festival film poster for the Greek film, "Oi voskoi." A woman and a man are running, with the man carrying luggage over his ... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Argentine film poster. Illustrated image of several people, including three couples, about to walk through a door. On the other side of the door are drinks... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Argentine film poster. Illustrated image of a woman chasing a man in a bedroom while another woman runs out a door. Three people watch, one from a closet, ... |
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| Description: | Social action poster advertising a fast. The caption reads: "Dec. 8th Fast to save a people." Below is a photograph of a Pakistani family. Text continues: ... |
| Date: | 1972 |
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| Description: | Poster with an image of Angela Davis. Her mouth is open as if speaking the words from the text printed on the black area that represents her hair. The text... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Poster depicting three soldiers resting on a battlefield. One soldier is smoking a pipe, one soldier is writing a letter, and the third soldier is looking ... |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | A flyer advertising the Crusade for Citizenship on February 12, 1958. An illustration shows men and women voting. Text reads, in part: "20 cities will hold... |
| Date: | 1987 |
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| Description: | Poster advocating against United States governmental support for the Salvadoran military and government. The poster reproduces a photograph of people, incl... |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | A poster created by The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party depicting a group of African American people standing together and holding hands. The text rea... |
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