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Jay T. Last collection of artist posters
Visual Materials
The Jay T. Last collection of artist posters contains over 370 printed works from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The bulk of the materials date from 1890 to 1900 and advertise American literary books and periodicals. Bicycles, household goods, and other products are also advertised. Materials are fully inventoried, and all printers, artists, and publishers are indexed by name. Notable illustrators represented in the collection include Will Bradley, Maynard Dixon, J. J. Gould, Edward Penfield, Ethel Reed, and Louis Rhead. The collection includes over 100 posters collected by illustrator Curtis Wager-Smith (1870-1950), some with inscriptions to her from the artist. Subjects addressed within the collection include art styles, book and literary journal publication, advertising, and the intersections between them, especially during the last decade of the 19th century. The images encompass the popularization of Art Nouveau in the United States, as well as the advertising strategies employed by various industries in the 19th and early 20th centuries. As graphic materials, the items offer evidence of visual culture and printmaking techniques and trends, as well as information about the artists, engravers, lithographers, printers, and publishers involved in the creative process.
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Tony Newhall collection of rock concert posters
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The Tony Newhall collection of rock concert posters consists of 62 offset lithographed concert posters produced from 1966 to 1967 for the Bill Graham concert series at the Fillmore Auditorium (later Fillmore West) in San Francisco, California. Bill Graham was a concert promoter who ran the Fillmore West in San Francisco, California, and the Fillmore East in New York City. Graham's concerts were originally designed to promote local-based San Francisco musicians such as the Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service, and Jefferson Airplane. His influence in promoting artists spread to the wider popularization of rock music during the late 1960s and 1970s counterculture movement. A total of 289 posters were created for the entire concert series spanning from 1966 to 1971; this collection contains the first 62 prints of the series. Tony Newhall assembled the collection by acquiring pieces from concerts he attended at the Fillmore Auditorium, from purchases made through vendors in the Bay Area, and through receipt of 20 prints from Bill Graham directly when he interviewed him as a student in Stanford. Images on the prints by artists Wes Wilson, Peter Bailey, Bonnie MacLean, and John H. Myers exemplify graphic design during the early years of the psychedelic era. Many of the printmakers also incorporated photographs taken by Edmund Shea, Gered Mankowitz, and Herb Greene of the musical performers in their prints. The concert posters include visual motifs of Art Nouveau-inspired curvilinear forms, illegible and fluid block lettering styles, and usage of vibrant optics and colors.
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Surf posters and handbills collection
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A collection of twenty-seven posters and handbills relating to surf culture and events in California, Mexico, and Hawaii dating from approximately the 1970s to 2007. The posters include advertisements for surf attire and equipment (Roxy; Hobie), announcements for surf contests (Triple Crown Surfing), films (Seaflight; Follow the Sun), music (the Surfaris; the Packards), art exhibitions, and other events. Some surfers depicted in the prints include Mark Richards (1957-), Tom Curren (1964-), and Kassia Meador (1982-). Most of the materials are lithograph prints, but some screen prints are also included.
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World War I Poster and Ephemera Collection
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This collection contains approximately 700 World War I propaganda posters and related ephemera dating from approximately 1914 to 1919. The posters were created primarily for government and military agencies, as well as private charities such as the American Committee for Relief in the Near East. While the majority of the collection is American, it also includes British and French posters, and a few Austro-Hungarian/German, Canadian, Belgian, Dutch, Italian, Polish, and Russian items. The images and text of the posters reflect various messages chiefly related to military recruitment and enlistment, food and fuel conservation, aid for soldiers and humanitarian causes, war work, and savings and bond programs, including many that promote the Victory Liberty Loan and War Savings Stamp campaigns in the United States. The United States Committee on Public Information, U.S. Department of the Treasury, United States Food Administration, and the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation produced many of the posters. More than 200 different artists are represented in the collection including James Montgomery Flagg, Charles Dana Gibson, and Edward Penfield in the United States; Francisque Poulbot in France; and Alfred Roller in Austria-Hungary. The collection includes more than 100 posters donated by Charles L. Heartwell (1869-1941), a banker and civic leader in Long Beach, California, who served in the United States Food Administration during World War I. These posters were acquired by Heartwell in his official capacity as a Food Administrator for Los Angeles County and occasionally reference regional recruiting stations in Long Beach. There are similar regionally focused posters for Connecticut and New York City in the collection.
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Posters
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Contains four posters depicting work with paint, stains, and color on projects including Mariposa (Frost Residence); Lucy Wheeler House; Hollyhock House; and two residences in the West Adams neighborhood. These posters were found together with the materials in Folder OV 3.
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Posters and stain samples
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Contains one poster depicting dark stain on white painted trim and two posters depicting interior and exterior finishes from 1915-1935. Also contains a sleeve with samples labeled "typical Craftsman colors." These materials were found together with the posters in Folder OV 2.
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