The Jay T. Last Collection of Politics and Social Issues Prints and Ephemera contains approximately 400 printed items related to American political figures and activists of the 19th and early 20th centuries along with social causes and issues often linked to political activities, most notably the temperance movement. Materials date from the early 1800s to the 1950s, with the bulk of the items dating from 1850 to 1910. Most of these items are lithographed portraits and political cartoons.

approximately 400 items

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