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A broadside is a large sheet of paper printed on one side only.〔(ILAB: ''Definition of term: Broadside'' ) Retrieved 2011-07-06〕 Historically, broadsides were posters, announcing events or proclamations, or simply advertisements. Today, broadside printing is done by many smaller printers and publishers as a fine art variant, with poems often being available as broadsides, intended to be framed and hung on the wall. The historical type of broadsides were ephemera, i.e., temporary documents created for a specific purpose and intended to be thrown away. They were one of the most common forms of printed material between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries, particularly in Britain, Ireland and North America. They were often advertisements, but could also be used for news information or proclamations. It was also a very common format for printing the text of ballads (see Broadside (music)). One classic example of a broadside used for proclamations is the Dunlap broadside, which was the first publication of the United States Declaration of Independence, printed on the night of July 4, 1776 by John Dunlap of Philadelphia in an estimated 200 copies.〔(Illustration ) for Widmer, Ted, ("Looking for Liberty" ), oped commentary article, ''The New York Times'', July 4, 2008, accessed July 7, 2008〕 An example of a broadside used for news information is the first published account of George Washington crossing the Delaware, printed on December 30, 1776 by John Dunlap.〔(Library of Congress - An American Time Capsule, "Congress received the following intelligence..." ) Retrieved 2011-07-06〕 Broadsides were commonly sold at public executions in the 18th and 19th centuries. These were often produced by printers who specialised in them and typically included a crude illustration of the crime or a portrait of the criminal, or a generic woodcut of a hanging taking place. There would be a written account of the crime and of the trial and often the criminal's confession of guilt. A doggerel verse warning others to not follow the executed person's example, to avoid their fate, was another common feature.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Dying Speeches and Bloody Murders: Crime Broadsides Collected by Harvard Law School Library )〕 ==See also== *Dunlap broadside *Street literature *Broadside (music) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Broadside (printing)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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