Collection Items
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CollectionCircus, carnival, and rodeo poster collection (Library of Congress) Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available ca. 500 prints (posters) : most color; various sizes. | Includes posters created to advertise many kinds of general circuses, acrobatic and animal acts, and wild west shows, including Barnum & Bailey, Forepaugh & Sells, Ringling Brothers, Buffalo Bill, and other companies. In addition, a few posters feature carnivals and rodeos. The bulk of the posters were produced in the United States, but circuses...
- Contributor: Strobridge & Co. Lith
- Date: 1840
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CollectionTheatrical poster collection (Library of Congress) Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available 1,784 prints (posters) : some b&w, most color; various sizes. | Collection includes posters advertising individual plays and operettas, burlesque, vaudeville, and specialty acts, dance companies, extravaganzas produced by the Kiralfy Brothers, portraits of entertainers, and stock posters. Featured performers include Julia Arthur, De Wolfe Hopper, Joseph Hart Vaudeville Co., Thomas W. Keene, Andrew Mack, Robert B. Mantell, Mathews & Bulger, Lewis Morrison, Phil...
- Contributor: Strobridge & Co. Lith - National Prtg. & Engr. Co - Otis Lithograph Co - A.S. Seer Print - U.S. Printing Co - Courier Co. Lith. Dpt - H.C. Miner Litho. Co - Donaldson Lith. Co - Metropolitan Litho. Studio - U.S. Lithograph Co - Courier Litho. Co
- Date: 1850
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CollectionArtist poster filing series
Poster filing series (Library of Congress) | Bill Graham collection of psychedelic posters (Library of Congress) Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available ca. 50,000 prints (posters) : some b&w, most color; various sizes. | Collection includes posters notable for their designs. The bulk were issued in the United States, but artists in many other countries are also represented. Subjects and promotional goals vary widely, for example, advertising, health issues, musical performances, political activities, travel and transportation, and war. Some posters are by unidentified artists or are...- Contributor: Strobridge & Co. Lith - Graham, Bill
- Date: 1840
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CollectionVisual materials from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People records (Library of Congress)
Visual materials from the NAACP records | NAACP records, Visual materials whole collection 4,596 items | 4,596 photographs (photographic prints, photomechanical prints, lithographs, engravings, and drawings) : most b&w, a few color ; various sizes, most 8 x 10 in. or smaller, some as large as 76 x 61 cm. | Primarily images of national and local NAACP administrative staff and programs. Almost half of the collection consists of portraits of NAACP headquarter staff, state...- Contributor: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- Date: 1838