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10 October 1854
Tennessee Slave Sale
Estate sale including "Elisha a negro woman...& her child Lucinda...Terms Cash..."Manuscript attached below printed "Clerk's Sale" banner.
GLC08293
21 February 1846
Cheatham, Henry (fl. 1846)
Assignee's sale
Broadside announcing sale of "real and personal property," including enslaved people, from the estate of William R. Robertson. Lists 600 acres of land in the town of Union, Missouri, 19 or 20 enslaved people, farming utensils, horses, cattle, and...
GLC03085
1862
Howe, Julia Ward (1819-1910)
Battle Hymn of the Republic and Suffrage Song
One undated broadsheet with a print of the Battle of the Republic by Julia Ward Howe. Also on verso "Suffrage Song to be sung to the tune of 'America.'"
GLC09748
1972
Chisholm, Shirley, (1924-2005)
[Shirley Chisholm campaign poster, 1972]
One poster dated 1972, "Bring U.S. Together, Vote Chisholm 1972, Unbought and Unbossed." Pictured is Shirley Chisholm campaigning to be the Democratic party's nominee for president.
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GLC09721.02
1942
U.S. Government Printing Office
Even a little can help a lot - NOW
One poster entitled, "Even a little can help a lot - NOW," printed by the U.S. Government Printing Office, dated 1942. Poster features a mother and daughter putting war savings stamps into a book. The daughter is licking the stamp while the mom...
GLC09654.04
1943
The more Women at work the sooner we will Win!
One poster entitled, "The more Women at work the sooner we will Win!" printed by the U.S. Government Printing Office, dated 1943. Poster features a woman standing inside an acrylic dome fitting holes into it. The poster also says, "Women Are Needed...
GLC09654.08
1939-1945
The Director of Public Information for National Salvage Office
Housewives! Wage War on Hitler Save
One poster entitled, "Housewives! Wage War on Hitler Save" printed by the director of Public Information for National Salvage Office, dated 1939-1945. Poster features a spoon with a banner tied to it. On the banner it lists things housewives should...
GLC09654.22
1941-1945
Unknown
Women of the Allies
One poster entitled, "Women of the Allies" dated 1941-1945. Poster features six women in four different scenes. The top scene is a woman swinging a bottle. The second scene is a nurse looking at a medical instrument. The third scene is a woman...
GLC09654.26
circa 1919
National Women Suffrage Association
About Voting: Who gave the MEN their right to Vote and when?
One broadside entitled About Voting: Who gave the MEN their right to Vote and when? dated circa 1919. The broadside outlines who can vote and why woman should have the right to vote.
GLC09948
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