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  With my amazing X-ray vision I can see the harm cigarettes do inside people's bodies

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  A color lithograph poster created by the Health Education Council as part of their anti-smoking campaign, designed to discourage children from smoking tobacco cigarettes. The poster features an image of Superman in profile, flying over a cloudy sky with a gray halftone cityscape below. Rays of light from his eyes depict his X-ray vision pointed towards the sky and buildings to the right of the image. A speech balloon to the upper right of the figure reads, "With my amazing X-ray vision I can see the harm cigarettes do inside people's bodies. That's why I don't smoke!" The words "X-ray vision," "harm," and "smoke" are stylized in bold and italic font. The lower right of the poster includes a depiction of a figure smoking, with Superman's X-ray vision highlighting a detail of the figure's lungs. The image is colored and shaded using halftone and Ben Day dot effects. Text on the center left reads, "Superman is the trademark of DC Comics Inc. 1979. Used by the Health Education Council under licence." The lower left of the print includes the Health Education Council logo and text that reads, "The Health Education Council. Helping you to better health."

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  Ireland's war map

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  A color lithograph recruitment poster promoting Irish involvement in World War I. The upper half of the print includes a map of Ireland reading, "100,000 men still eligible," with two superimposed insets highlighting battles in Belgium, France, Greece, and Turkey that Irish regiments fought in. The lower half of the poster reads "Ireland at the front looks to Ireland at home to answer the call." The lower left corner includes the publisher's signature reading, "Issued by the Department of Recruiting for Ireland, 32 Nassau St., Dublin." Lithographer Alex, Thom & Co.'s signature on the lower right corner.

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  Theodore Roethke [graphic]

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  A sitting portrait of poet Theodore Roethke done in black ink by Don Bachardy. Roethke is depicted in profile looking towards his lower right while dressed in a single-button jacket and decorative tie. The illustration is signed in ink by Bachardy on the lower left. The verso of the item is signed "Theodore Roethke" in pencil on the lower right. Paper is embossed with a watermark reading, "Strathmore Seconds." The date of the item is based on additional portraits of Theodore Roethke in the same outfit and similar poses found in the Don Bachardy papers.

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  Exposition Internationale d'Électricité, Marseille : Avril-Octobre 1908, 1908

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  An announcement poster for the International Electricity Exposition taking place in Marseille, France in 1908. The print features an allegorical image of a woman or "Electricity Fairy" flying over and illuminating the Marseille exposition. Sparks of electricity are shown as a halo centering her as she looks down onto the exposition site, with rays of light emanating from her hands onto the illuminated structures below. The figure is nude and painted in varying shades of green, with hair flowing against a dark blue and red sky. Text towards the lower right of the figure reads, "Exposition Internationale d'Electricite Marseille, Avril-Octobre 1908." Below the title, the print is signed by the artist, "D. Dellepiane" on the bottom right. The print is signed by the printer twice, with one in the left margin reading, "Imp. Moullot Fils Ainé, Marseille," and again in the top left with a decorative printer's mark of an image of a printing press wheel and text reading "Affiches Moullot Marseille - Paris."

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  Kindred [graphic]

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  A watercolor and pencil sketch for the book jacket of Octavia E. Butler's novel, Kindred (1979). The illustration depicts two profiles of Black women with their backs parallel to one another, centered by an image of a flowing hourglass. The woman on the left is accessorized and in modern attire, while the woman on the right is in lace-collared clothing. Signed in pencil on the lower right by the artist, "L. Schwinger."

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  "Coronation" : locomotive built by Mr. Timothy Hackworth in honour of the coronation of King William IV-1831

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  "L.N.E.R. ancestry "Coronation" 1831"--alt title, lower left corner of the image. Artist signature reproduced in lower right corner of the image. Poster produced by London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) to commemorate the original engine name Coronation, a locomotive built by Timothy Hackworth in honour of the coronation of King William IV in 1831; according to the poster, this was the locomotive that was the forerunner of the LNER 1937 Coronation streamline train, which operated between King’s Cross Station, London and Edinburgh. "Property of John H. Kemble Nov. 1975"--verso, typed lable, pasted upper right corner. Verso of the board is covered in wall paper.

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