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Surf posters and handbills collection
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Handbills
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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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Posters
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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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Man and woman riding in on the surf, Santa Monica
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Image of two surfers on a single board riding in on the surf at the beach in Santa Monica, California. The Santa Monica breakwater can be seen in the distance.
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Hermosa Beach Sand and Surf Club
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One photograph of the indoor swimming pool in the Hermosa Beach Sand and Surf Club.
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Children holding hands in the surf, Santa Monica
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Image of children in bathing suits holding hands and walking into the surf on the beach in Santa Monica, California.
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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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