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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Presidential candidates 1856 bdsny91589
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The woman in battle: the adventures, exploits,... bdspa032455
View the highlight item: Arthur's Home Magazine for 1860. Devoted to...
Arthur's Home Magazine for 1860. Devoted to... bdspa012408
View the highlight item: A broker.
A broker. bdsny21299
View the highlight item: Administrator's sale of horses, crops, farming...
Administrator's sale of horses, crops, farming... bdsva093636
View the highlight item: The first of May 1865 or genl. movingday in...
The first of May 1865 or genl. movingday in... bdsny41364

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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