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Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: Job Poster by Alphonse Marie Mucha

Job Poster by Alphonse Marie Mucha
Decorative tendrils of hair swirl about the shoulders of a woman as she slips into reverie while she smokes a cigarette in this Art Nouveau style poster advertising Job cigarettes

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: Dancers and Neon Nightclub Signs

Dancers and Neon Nightclub Signs
Swing dancers appear to soar amid the neon signs of New York City's popular clubs of the late 1930s

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: The Gerry-mander Political Cartoon

The Gerry-mander Political Cartoon
The term "gerrymander" stems from this Gilbert Stuart cartoon of a Massachusetts electoral district twisted beyond all reason

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: Illustrated Political Cartoon: Corporate Greed as Octopus

Illustrated Political Cartoon: Corporate Greed as Octopus
(Original Caption) 6/27/1882 - Corporate greed octopus gobbles up freight for Great Railroad while unemployed handlers look on. Cartoon 1882

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: This is the House that Polk Built Editorial Cartoon

This is the House that Polk Built Editorial Cartoon
Circa 1846 cartoon against the Mexican War and President James Polk

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: Woodcut of the Confederate Army Recruiting

Woodcut of the Confederate Army Recruiting
ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: Drumming up recruits for the Confederate Army. Woodcut from 1861

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: The Man with the (Carpet) Bags by Thomas Nast

The Man with the (Carpet) Bags by Thomas Nast
1872 Harper's Weekly political cartoon of Carl Schurz depicted as a carpetbagger, which reflected Southern attitudes toward Northerners during Reconstruction

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: Woman Using Home Washing Machine

Woman Using Home Washing Machine
Woman using home washing machine and wringer. Lithograph, 1870

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: Trading Card Advertisement for Gail Borden Eagle Brand Condensed Milk

Trading Card Advertisement for Gail Borden Eagle Brand Condensed Milk
(Original Caption) 1887:Early Borden advertisement of their condensed milk, showing the benefit of their product to infant upbringing. Lithograph

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: A Monopoly that Requires Crushing by Grant Hamilton

A Monopoly that Requires Crushing by Grant Hamilton
Political Cartoon of Tidewater Pipe Line fighting with Standard Oil

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: Ritter Painless Dental Offices

Ritter Painless Dental Offices
(Original Caption) New York, NY: The Ritter Painless Dental Company: Brooklyn dental parlour which doesn't hide its accomplishments. Photo, ca. 1890

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: Childs Honey Dew Corn Advertisement

Childs Honey Dew Corn Advertisement
1893-"Childs Honey Dew Corn": Corn plants and close-up ear of corn. Engraving, 1893, from "Spring catalogue of seeds, bulbs and plants for 1898"

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: Barnum And Bailey Circus Advertisement

Barnum And Bailey Circus Advertisement
(Original Caption) Barnum and Bailey Circus advertisements showing the three rings in the big top and a composite picture of all the acts performed. Litho, 1896

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: Horn and Hardart Automat Postcard

Horn and Hardart Automat Postcard
A postcard for Horn & Hardart shows how an automat works

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: Billboard Advertising Budweiser Beer

Billboard Advertising Budweiser Beer
(Original Caption) 1939-New York, NY: Billboard at Manhattan aproach to tri-borough bridge

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: You - Still Not a Member of the Cooperative

You - Still Not a Member of the Cooperative
(Original Caption) Poster from the Russian Revolution: "You- Still Not a Member of the Cooperative, Sign Up Immediately!" Undated color slide

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: Map of the 13 Original American Colonies

Map of the 13 Original American Colonies
(Original Caption) Map of the Thirteen Original American Colonies. Undated

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: Sears, Roebuck and Co. Catalog No.105

Sears, Roebuck and Co. Catalog No.105
Cover of a Sears Roebuck & Co. Consumer's Guide, Fall 1897

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: Advertisement for Lucky Strike Cigarettes

Advertisement for Lucky Strike Cigarettes
(Original Caption) Be Happy-Go Lucky! enjoy Your Cigarette! If you're not happy with your present brand (and a 38-city survey shows that millions are not), smoke Luckies

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: Lucky Strike Cigarette Advertisement Featuring Grading Leaf by Peter Hurd

Lucky Strike Cigarette Advertisement Featuring Grading Leaf by Peter Hurd
A 1944 advertisement for Lucky Strike cigarettes features a detail of Grading Leaf by Peter Hurd

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: Cartoon of Uncle Sam on Bicycle Illustrating Gold vs. Silver Standard by J.A. Wales

Cartoon of Uncle Sam on Bicycle Illustrating Gold vs. Silver Standard by J.A. Wales
(Original Caption) Silver Standard vs. Gold Standard controversy is seen here in this cartoon representing Uncle Sam as he is bicycling to national bankruptcy on an enormous silverite dollar

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: Advertisement for Iowa and Nebraska Lands

Advertisement for Iowa and Nebraska Lands
Mid 19th Century advertisement for "Iowa and Nebraska Lands - for sale on 10 years credit by the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company."

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: Advertisement for Saratoga Spa

Advertisement for Saratoga Spa

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: French Fiction by Theobald Chartran

French Fiction by Theobald Chartran
A portrait of the French dramatist and historical novelist Alexandre Dumas from Vanity Fair magazine

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: Native Indians Sitting Around Campfire

Native Indians Sitting Around Campfire
Commercial card

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: Weapons for Liberty Liberty Loan Poster by Joseph Christian Leyendecker

Weapons for Liberty Liberty Loan Poster by Joseph Christian Leyendecker
Advertisement for "USA Bonds-Third Liberty Loan Campaign Boy Scouts of America-Weapons for Liberty."

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: Armour's Veribest Canned Meats Advertisement

Armour's Veribest Canned Meats Advertisement
Chicago, IL: "Why not try Veribest you can buy

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: Sears, Roebuck and Co. Catalog No.110

Sears, Roebuck and Co. Catalog No.110
Cover of a Sears Roebuck & Co. Consumer's Guide, Fall 1900

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: Walter A. Wood Single Apron Binder Advertisement

Walter A. Wood Single Apron Binder Advertisement
Late 19th Century advertisement

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup Trade Card

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup Trade Card
MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP FOR CHILDREN TEETHING. COLOR LITHOGRAPH, UNDATED

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: The Ablest Statesman of Europe by Carlo Pellegrini

The Ablest Statesman of Europe by Carlo Pellegrini
(Original Caption) Otto von Bismarck, (1815-1898), first Chancellor of the German Empire. Cartoon from Vanity Fair, 1870

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: The Massive Grievance Caricature

The Massive Grievance Caricature

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: Political Cartoon of Pollution Problems with Standard Oil Company as Octopus

Political Cartoon of Pollution Problems with Standard Oil Company as Octopus
(Original Caption) New York: STANDARDOILCO. - A Horrible Monster, Whose Tentacles Spread Poverty, Disease And Death, And Which Is The Primal Cause Of The Nuisances At Hunter's Point

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: Print of Pasteur Performing Rabies Treatment on Patient

Print of Pasteur Performing Rabies Treatment on Patient
(Original Caption) Louis Pasteur performing an inoculation for Hydrophobia

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: Editorial Cartoon Drawing of Uncle Sam Looking at Haiti by Cuthbert Rigby

Editorial Cartoon Drawing of Uncle Sam Looking at Haiti by Cuthbert Rigby
(Original Caption) "WILL HE FIGHT?" - Uncle Sam sizes up puny Haitian Republic during Haitian troubles of 1888

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: Look Before You Eat Cartoon by Frederick Opper

Look Before You Eat Cartoon by Frederick Opper
(Original Caption) Look before you eat and see if you can discover any unadulterated food. Cartoon by Opper showing diner examining food through microscope

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: The Master Builder by Snapp

The Master Builder by Snapp
Author Henrik Ibsen holding hat and baton

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: Advertisement for Wire Bustles

Advertisement for Wire Bustles
(Original Caption) Ad for wire bustles used by women in the 1880's

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: Political Cartoon of Jefferson Davis Carrying a Lighthouse and Fort Sumpter

Political Cartoon of Jefferson Davis Carrying a Lighthouse and Fort Sumpter

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: His Master's Voice Advertisement

His Master's Voice Advertisement
His Master's Voice" is one of the most iconic and recognizable trademarks in advertising history. The image originated from an 1898 painting by English artist Francis Barraud

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: Cartoon Showing the Evils of Absinthe

Cartoon Showing the Evils of Absinthe
A cartoon depicts insanity, murder and suicide as dangers associated with drinking absinthe

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: Advertisement for Lucky Strike Cigarettes

Advertisement for Lucky Strike Cigarettes
(Original Caption) Advertisement for Lucky Strike cigarettes. Woman holding a box of cigarettes and smiling. Circa 1950'S. Undated image

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: The Union Must be Preserved at All Hazards Political Cartoon

The Union Must be Preserved at All Hazards Political Cartoon
Cartoon showing General George McClellan attempting to mediate between President Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: Tweedledee and Sweedledum by Thomas Nast

Tweedledee and Sweedledum by Thomas Nast
WILLIAM MARCY TWEED (1823-1878), AMERICAN POLITICIAN WHO, AS HEAD OF A GROUP OF NEW YORK CITY POLITICIANS

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: Britishers Enlist To-Day Recruitment Poster by Guy Lipscombe

Britishers Enlist To-Day Recruitment Poster by Guy Lipscombe
British recruiting poster "Britishers-Enlist Today."

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: 'Buy That Invasion Bond!' Poster by R. Moore

"Buy That Invasion Bond!" Poster by R. Moore
(Original Caption) World War II Poster: Soldiers landing. "Buy That Invasion Bond."

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: The Sharp Method by J.A. Wales

The Sharp Method by J.A. Wales
Circa 1880 political cartoon depicting the corruption and control of the street railroad monopoly, represented by Jay Gould, over city aldermen and taxpayers

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: Fight or Buy Bonds Poster by Howard Chandler Christy

Fight or Buy Bonds Poster by Howard Chandler Christy
(Original Caption) Woman lofting an American flag to rally on the troops in this poster advertising World War I Liberty Bonds

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders Poster

Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders Poster
ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: "Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World" (c)

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: Lithograph of Santa Claus with Hunting Regalia

Lithograph of Santa Claus with Hunting Regalia
ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: Picture shows Santa Claus entering a chimney. 1872 lithograph

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: Printed Advertisement for Coca-Cola

Printed Advertisement for Coca-Cola

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: This Is What God Gives Us Poster by A. Hendee

This Is What God Gives Us Poster by A. Hendee
(Original Caption) World War I food administration poster urging people to eat vegetables

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: Over the Top for You Liberty Loan Poster by Sidney H. Reisenberg

Over the Top for You Liberty Loan Poster by Sidney H. Reisenberg
(Original Caption) World War I poster for the Third Liberty Loan- "Over the Top For You. Bus U.S. Government Bonds." Undated illustraton. BPA2# 5572

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: Anti-Chinese Immigration Political Cartoon

Anti-Chinese Immigration Political Cartoon
(Original Caption) Cartoon of Chinese immigration. "Oh! Law, they are coming in their own teapots now!" Engraving

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: 'Greatest Show on Earth' Poster Advertising P.T. Barnum's Circus

"Greatest Show on Earth" Poster Advertising P.T. Barnum's Circus
POSTER ADVERTISING P.T. BARNUM'S CIRCUS: "GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH", JULY 1944

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: Uncle Tom's Cabin Poster

Uncle Tom's Cabin Poster
A 1859 poster for Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: Sells Brothers Circus Poster

Sells Brothers Circus Poster
A poster advertises the Sells Brothers Circus and its attractions

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: You - Still Not a Member of the Cooperative

You - Still Not a Member of the Cooperative
An Uncle Sam-like man points out from a Soviet political poster at those who read it

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: A Physician's Pictorial Advertising Sign Used in the 1600s

A Physician's Pictorial Advertising Sign Used in the 1600s
Various medical procedures are depicted to advertise services available to patients in the first pictorial advertising sign used by an English physician in the early 1600s

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: Poster For Dobbins Hair Renewer

Poster For Dobbins Hair Renewer
A vivid poster for Dobbins Vegetable Hair Renewer warns ladies of the damage other products will do to their hair, while "Dobbins makes hair soft and fine."

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: Long Live the Vanguard of the Revolution, the Red Navy Russian Revolutionary Era Poster

Long Live the Vanguard of the Revolution, the Red Navy Russian Revolutionary Era Poster
RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA POSTER FROM REVOLUTIONARY ERA

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: Can The Law Reach Him? The Dwarf and the Thief by Thomas Nast

Can The Law Reach Him? The Dwarf and the Thief by Thomas Nast
A Harper's Weekly political cartoon of Boss Tweed, who ruled Tammany Hall, the Democratic political machine in New York City

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: Cartoon Showing Injustice Against Cherokee Nation

Cartoon Showing Injustice Against Cherokee Nation
Late 19th-century political cartoon showing injustices and cruelty to Native Americans, including the Cherokee, Shawnee and Delaware nations, by American railroad companies, politicians

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: American Revolution Recruiting Poster

American Revolution Recruiting Poster
American Revolution: Recruiting poster. BPA2# 4129

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: Carter's Little Liver Pills Advertisement Depicting a Crow

Carter's Little Liver Pills Advertisement Depicting a Crow
(Original Caption) "A POSITIVE CURE FOR SICK HEADACHE. CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS." Advertisement. BPA 2 #6

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: Uncle Sam Supplying the World With Home Light Oil Lithograph

Uncle Sam Supplying the World With Home Light Oil Lithograph
Trade card for Home Light oil. Uncle Sam supplying the world with Home Light oil. Lithograph, 19th Century

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: Cigarette Trading Cards

Cigarette Trading Cards
Six trade cards feature portraits of Etelka Gerster, Eva Barrington, Miss Barret, Lillian Grubb, Kate Allison, and Kitty Blanchard for "Between the Acts and Bravo" brand cigarettes

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: Scott's Emulsion Cod Liver Oil Advertisement

Scott's Emulsion Cod Liver Oil Advertisement
(Original Caption) Cod liver oil advertisement. Undated advertising art

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: 18th Century Engraving Of A Drunken Man

18th Century Engraving Of A Drunken Man
(Original Caption) 1797-A drunken man engraving, 1797

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: 500, 000 Acres of the Best Prairie, Timber and Coal Lands Poster

500, 000 Acres of the Best Prairie, Timber and Coal Lands Poster
Poster advertising land for sale in northern Missouri, at prices averaging under $10 per acre

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: An Account of California and the Wonderful Gold Regions Title Page

An Account of California and the Wonderful Gold Regions Title Page
The title page to An Account of California and the Wonderful Gold Regions, published by J.B. Hall in 1849

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: Soap Advertisement with Baby Reaching for Soap

Soap Advertisement with Baby Reaching for Soap
(Original Caption) "He won't be happy till he gets it!" An advertisement for Pear's Soap. Undated

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: Ringling Bros Circus Poster

Ringling Bros Circus Poster
Poster for Ringling Brothers Circus. Chariot Rider (Quadriga). Undated color illustratoin. BPA 2 #5794

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: Excelsior Ginger Ale Advertisement

Excelsior Ginger Ale Advertisement
Two women drink Excelsior Ginger Ale, implying the carbonation helps the balloon to rise

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: Russian Revolution Poster Calling for Peasants to Revolt

Russian Revolution Poster Calling for Peasants to Revolt
Poster translation reads: "Women workers and (women) peasants, Everyone (all of you) to the referenda, Under the red banner, To the ranks with the men

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: National Recovery Administration Sticker

National Recovery Administration Sticker
A sticker for the New Deal National Recovery Administration shows the Blue Eagle symbol and the slogan, "We do our part."

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Poster with Trapeze Artist

Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Poster with Trapeze Artist
ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: Colored circus poster for Ringling Brothers - Barnum and Bailey. Photo shows blue garbed aerialist, undated

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: Walter A. Wood Single Apron Binder Advertisement

Walter A. Wood Single Apron Binder Advertisement
(Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: Thurston, Master Magician Poster

Thurston, Master Magician Poster
(Original Caption) Poster advertisement for Thurston, Master Magician. Undated. BPA2 #2921

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: Color Lithograph of a Native Americans Around a Campfire

Color Lithograph of a Native Americans Around a Campfire
(Original Caption) Indian showing a string of wampum to his friends. Lithograph. Undated

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: Southern Chivalry - Argument Versus Club's by J.L. Magee

Southern Chivalry - Argument Versus Club's by J.L. Magee
A political cartoon showing South Carolina Representative Preston Brooks beating abolitionist and Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner in the Senate chamber

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: I Am Coming Buffalo Bill Poster

I Am Coming Buffalo Bill Poster
A 1900 poster advertising Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: Anneken Hendriks Being Hoisted to the Fire by Jan Luyken

Anneken Hendriks Being Hoisted to the Fire by Jan Luyken
(Original Caption) The Anabaptist martyr Anneken Hendriks tied to a ladder being hoisted toward the fire in 16th century Holland. Undated copper engraving by Tieleman Janszoon van Braght (1625-1664)

Background imageCommercial Art And Graphic Design Collection: Title Page of Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Title Page of Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
This title page is from the original edition of Uncle Tom's Cabin published in 1852



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