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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Democratic ticket. For president, James Buchanan. bdsva043304
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Presidential candidates 1856 bdsny91589
View the highlight item: John L. Markham, Durham, N.C.
John L. Markham, Durham, N.C. bdsnc112283
View the highlight item: Difendilo!
Difendilo! bdsit07040
View the highlight item: Academy of Music. The Lingard Burlesque Co.
Academy of Music. The Lingard Burlesque Co. bdssc022708
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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