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 nation mourns over the honored grave of a... bdsmd30949
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To live again! bdsge20040
View the highlight item: Auction sale of 2 desirable vacant lots.
Auction sale of 2 desirable vacant lots. bdsva103716
View the highlight item: Italiani, l'inverno è alle porte.
Italiani, l'inverno è alle porte. bdsit08027
View the highlight item: For Company E., Col. Owen's 2nd Regiment,...
For Company E., Col. Owen's 2nd Regiment,... bdspa064069
View the highlight item: The rise of Nazi Germany.
The rise of Nazi Germany. bdsge20048

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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Vote!

by Zeke Graves over 5 years ago

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