Broadsides and Ephemera Collection

Broadsides, pamphlets, form letters, posters, newspapers, tickets, and other printed items on a wide range of topics from across the World  More »

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... a dir le mie virtu basta un sorriso.... bdsit06028
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President Few succumbs bdsnc102157
View the highlight item: The Oxford almanac, for the year of our Lord...
The Oxford almanac, for the year of our Lord... bdseg19143
View the highlight item: The first of May 1865 or genl. movingday in...
The first of May 1865 or genl. movingday in... bdsny41364
View the highlight item: A broker.
A broker. bdsny21299
View the highlight item: For the people of N.C.
For the people of N.C. bdsnc071910

About the Digital Collection

The Broadsides and Ephemera Collection contains broadsides, pamphlets, form letters, posters, newspapers, tickets, and other short printed items dating from the eighteenth to the twentieth century (with the majority dating from the nineteenth century). Truly an interdisciplinary collection, the Broadsides and Ephemera Collection includes materials related to political campaigns, politics, theater, dance, popular entertainments, immigration and emigration, advertising, travel, expositions, military recruitment and campaigns, as well as issues related to race, class, gender, and religion.


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