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Cardboard match box; one side has image of a gun-holding person with text "Milicias Populaires Sandinistas"; other side has list of names of "heroes and martyrs" in tiny text surrounding the FSLN logo of a cut-out figure, with text "1927 FSLN 1980"…

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Woven thread bracelet, red and black with "FSLN" in center, with white woven ends.

FSLN, or the Sandinista National Liberation Front (Sandinistas), was the left-wing Marxist revolutionary party that took control of Nicaragua in 1979. This…

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Original design for the Loretto Community t-shirts commemorating the 50th anniversary of Loretto Co-membership. The design consists of colorful strips of paper woven into a background for a colorful flower or tree in the center, with text "Loretto…

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Cast iron metal embosser, painted black with gold edges and red and gold stars. Seal text is "Loretto Literary and Benevolent Institution of Colorado / Fides Mores Cultura," with a cross in the center. Makers mark for a company in Denver, CO,…

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Cast iron embosser painted black with gold edges and red and gold designs. Seal has text "Loretto Literary & Benevolent Institution of Missouri / May 9[?], 1907 / Seal," with a cross in the center. Made by S.G. Adams Stamp & Seal Company, St. Louis,…

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Handheld metal seal embosser; text is "Loretto Literary & Benevolent Institution Seal / Loretto, Kentucky." Marked on the handle and the top of the seal press as "The 'Aluminum.'" Patent dates on handle for March 19, 1895; January 9, 1912; January…

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Handheld metal seal embosser, for design with cross in the middle surrounded by text "The Loretto Literary and Benevolent Association / Fides More Cultura." Made by Meyer & Wenthe, Chicago, IL.

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Double-sided black fabric banner (sides are identical) with felt applique text, "how about ExxonMobil pays for his war? / The Loretto Community," and an applique gray-haired figure wearing an American flag-print garment. Blue shoestring ties attached…

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Double-sided fabric banner. Side 1: Maroon and red fabric backgrounds with applique felt text "Remove nukes from 'dangerous hands'! / Loretto Disarmament Committee" and applique design of two hands in American flag fabric with a gray felt bomb cloud…

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Double-sided fabric banner (sides are identical). Rainbow fabric on top quarter and orange camouflage fabric on bottom three-quarters. Applique felt fabric text, "Walls don't affect Wall-Street / The Loretto Community." Nylon ties attached to each…
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