Political posters

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Democratic Senator Thurman Adams, Jr., (1928-2009) was the longest-serving senator in the history of the Delaware General Assembly. Adams was also the president of T.G. Adams & Sons, Inc., an agricultural feed and grain business in Bridgeville, Delaware. The Thurman Adams, Jr., papers chronicle the personal and professional life of the longest-serving senator (a Democrat from the 19th District) in the history of the Delaware General Assembly.

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Delaware native and former Delaware Superior Court Judge Jerome O. Herlihy maintained an active connection to national and local politics throughout his life. The Jerome O. Herlihy political campaign ephemera collection spans over a century of United States and Delaware politics, and includes campaign buttons and pins, bumper stickers, a wide array of political artifacts, and paper ephemera.

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Betty Lee Hutchinson (1925-2020), a Democrat and Newark City Council member (1977-1980 and 1984-1988) was born November 18, 1925, in Uniontown, PA, to Harry J. Truman, Sr. (1897-1965), and Merle Carte Truman (1901-2001). The Betty Lee Hutchinson papers document the personal interests and civic activities of a woman with ties to Newark, Delaware, and the University of Delaware community.

Abstract Julie Jacobs has worked as a copy editor and earned a PhD in psychology. In 2016, Jacobs was hired as a volunteer to the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In this role, she worked as an editor. The Julie Jacobs political ephemera collection includes political posters and signs, a tote bag, stickers, political buttons, and miscellaneous political and paper ephemera Most of the material relates to the 2016 Democratic National Convention and 2016 political...

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The Edward Mabrey political ephemera collection contains political ephemera featuring Delaware politicians. Includes political buttons, bumper stickers, posters, and paper ephemera.

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Set of 6 Peanuts election posters illustrated by Charles M. Schulz and manufactured by Hallmark Cards, Inc. during the 1968 presidential election.

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S. B. Woo, a Chinese-American physics professor and politician, ran for lieutenant governor of Delaware in 1984, winning the election. This item is a campaign poster from that campaign.

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The World War I posters collection consists of 300 posters and broadsheets from the United States, France, Germany, and Great Britain and covers the period from 1914-1920, extending into the post-war era.