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Re-Elect Soglin Poster
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Poster advocating the re-election of Paul Soglin to the Common Council of Madison, Wisconsin. Bears the slogan "rush right on to the poll." Features an R. Crumb figure and a bald eagle holding an American flag in its talons.
June 1971
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