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Title: Images of Work
Date: 1980
Description: Photograph of male worker leaning againt building near a sign stating "Danger Employees Only".

Title: Joe Hill
Description: Oil painting showing labor organizer and singer Joe Hill in shackles with a crowd and banner behind him.

Title: Mississippi Lime Quarry, Ste. Genevieve
Date: 1951
Description: Lithograph showing a Mississippi lime quarry with one worker in foreground.

Title: End of Shift
Description: Oil painting showing a man accompanied by a child walking on a sidewalk with factory and busy street in the background.

Title: Sequoyah
Date: 1838
Description: This lithographic portrait of Sequoyah, who was credited with inventing the Cherokee alphabet, was created as part of the McKenney & Hall "History of the Indian Tribes of North America." Sequoyah is shown wearing a blue coat with a red and white headscarf and a peace medal hanging around his neck. He points to a document showing the Cherokee alphabet and is smoking a pipe.

Title: Pull for Candidate Postcard
Date: 1908
Description: Novelty postcard. At the top is text reading "Pull for your candidate". Below the text is an image of an elephant with a red cloth on its back reading "For President". By pulling the elephant's string tail, an image of presidential candidate William H. Taft pops up from behind the elephant. The opposite side of the postcard is formatted with a place for a message, address, and stamp. Manufactured by Elite Post Card Co., Kansas City, Mo.

Title: Republican State Convention Coin
Date: 1900-08-08
Description: Circular medal with oval portraits of presidential candidate William McKinley and vice presidential candidate Theodore Roosevelt. Above the portraits is an American eagle with wings spread. Below the portraits is a shield with flag motif surrounded by the words "Aug. 8th 1900." The border of the medal reads "Republican State Convention Milwaukee, Wisconsin," while the opposite side depicts part

Title: No Foreign Alliance, No Trusts, No Imperialism for U.S. Button
Date: 1901
Description: White button with blue text reading "No Foreign Alliance", "No Trusts", "No Imperialism for U.S.". These slogans are in reference to presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan's attack on presidential candidate William McKinley, declaring that McKinley promoted imperialism.

Title: Republican Party, District Attorney John C. Bell Ribbon
Date: 1903-11-03
Description: workers, making reference to Roosevelt and William McKinley's platform during the 1900 presidential campaign.

Title: My Papa Will Vote for McKinley Paper Tag
Date: 1900
Description: White paper tag with black text reading "My Papa will Vote for McKinley" and "Gold Standard, Protection, Reciprocity, and Good Times." A burgandy ribbon is looped through one end of the paper.

Title: William Henry Harrison Mezzotint Print
Date: 1841
Description: Mezzotint portrait of William Henry Harrison produced by George Endicott after a portrait painted by Edward Dalton Marchant in 1841. The print commemorates Harrison's inauguration as the ninth president of the United States.

Title: Voting Delegate, National Townsend Convention Ribbon
Date: 1939-06-22
Description: Dark blue ribbon with ribbon badge containing space to write a name. The ribbon reads "Voting Delegate" and the medal hanging from the ribbon reads "4th National Townsend Convention, Indianapolis, June 22-25, 1939." The medal has a depiction of Dr. Francis E. Townsend in a circular border, as well as a triangle with the words "Youth for work Ago for Leisure" in the center. The words "The Townsend

Title: William McKinley Ribbon
Date: 1901
Description: Gold colored button with photographic color portrait of presidential candidate William McKinley. A red, white, and blue ribbon is folded around the button, making a decorative border, while the rest hangs down from the button.

Title: William McKinley - Protection '96 Button
Date: 1896
Description: American flag button with a circular photographic portrait of presidential candidate William McKinley. The black text around the portrait reads "Protection 96".

Title: Woodrow Wilson Button
Date: 1916
Description: Button with photographic portrait of presidential candidate Woodrow Wilson with a narrow border of white stars on a blue ground and red and white stripes surrounding the image. A metal, decorative border surrounds the button.

Title: U.S. Senate Gallery - Impeachment Ticket
Date: 1868-04-27
Description: Green paper ticket with the text "U.S. Senate, Impeachment of the President, Admit the Bearer, April 27, 1868. Gallery. Geo. F. Brown, Sergeant-at-Arms." The ticket allowed the ticketholder to observe the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson in the U.S. Senate.

Title: Veteran Republican Club Ribbon
Date: 1888
Description: White ribbon with black text reading "1840. Harrison and Tyler. Veteran Republican Club. Buchanan, Mich. Harrison and Morton. 1888." This ribbon would be worn by members of the Veteran Club that consisted only of those who voted for Republican nominee William H. Harrison in the 1840 presidental election, and planned to vote for Benjamin Harrison in the 1888 presidential election.

Title: Roosevelt/Truman Button
Date: 1944
Description: White button with brown printed portraits of presidential candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt and vice presidential candidate Harry S. Truman. The button reads "Roosevelt Truman."

Title: Billy Possum and Jimmie Possum on the Links Postcard
Date: 1909
Description: Double-sided caricature postcard of Billy Possum, an animal character representing William H. Taft, and Jimmy Possum, an animal character representing James S. Sherman who was Taft's vice-president, playing golf. Postmarked in Monroeville, Indiana, November 1909. Pencil inscription with a personal note on the back, addressed to "Mr Charles Strait", and dated "Nov 8, 1909".

Title: I Will Crow in November Button
Date: 1920
Description: Metal button showing a rooster, referencing the former symbol of the Democratic party, with "Cox" written on its side. A ring with the words "I will crow in November" encircle the rooster.

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