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  • Collection: Broadsides, Posters and Printed Ephemera

Porter Dale Primary Petition Mailing, 1923

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Included here are materials sent by Porter H. Dale to Ozi S. Law of Wallingford, Vermont, requesting his signature on an enclosed primary petition. Dale was seeking the Republican Party nomination for United States Senator. The envelope, postmarked…

Campaign Song, 1904

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Lyrics to a song promoting the campaign of Republican gubernatorial candidate Charles J. Bell. Bell won this election and served one term as Vermont's governor.

Letter to Voters from Redfield Proctor Jr., 1922

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Letter from Vermont gubernatorial candidate Redfield Proctor Jr. to voters, dated Proctor, VT, September 4, 1922, one week before the primary election reminding them that "every citizen, man and woman, having the right to vote, has with that right…

Halt the Hun! Buy U.S. Government bonds, third liberty loan

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American soldier halting German soldier, who is standing over woman holding child.

While there have obviously been veterans as long as America has fought wars, World War I can be seen as a watershed moment in public attitudes toward veterans. On…

Vermont Republican Party Pamphlet, 1922

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Pamphlet issued by the Republican State Committee leading up to the statewide election of November 7, 1922. The cover of the tri-fold pamphlet includes halftone portraits, surrounded by flags and an eagle, of the party's candidates for Governor and…

Over the top for you - Buy U.S. gov't bonds, Third Liberty Loan

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Poster showing a soldier clutching an American flag.

World War I was fought primarily from entrenched positions. Soldiers from opposing armies dug deep, complicated fortifications on either side of a barren "no man's land," battling back and forth…

[Price lists]. Croquet sets. : Roy Brothers butter stamps. The improved swing cattle stanchion

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Contents include descriptive price lists, letterheads and blank invoice sheets mostly illustrated. Only five examples are shown. Others available in library.

Song of the Rutland Fremont Club, 1856

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Lyrics to the Song of the Rutland Fremont Club, by A.B. Foot, sung to the tune of Old Dan Tucker. The Fremont Club supported John C. Fremont, the first presidential candidate put forward by the newly formed Republican Party.

Land Office

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Document about James Whitelaw dated January 18th, 1808 from Ryegate, Vermont.