Political Posters

The “All Of Us Or None” (AOUON) archive project was started by Free Speech Movement activist Michael Rossman in 1977 to gather and document posters of modern progressive movements in the United States. Though some early works are included, its focus is on the domestic political poster renaissance that began in 1965 and continues to this day. When Rossman died May 12, 2008 his family donated the collection to the Oakland Museum of California. More …

The Archive gathered posters from all streams of progressive activity — from movements of protest, liberation, and affirmative action, trade union and community struggles, to electoral and environmental organizing, community services, and visionary manifestos. It is strongest in work from the San Francisco Bay Area, but its scope is national: approximately one-quarter of its holdings come from out of state, primarily New York City, Boston, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. These are complemented by a representation of international work. The collection consists of approximately 24,500 distinct titles.

The collection includes examples from well-known graphic artists including Malaquías Montoya, Emory Douglas, Rachael Romero, Rupert Garcia, Yolanda Lopez, Favianna Rodriguez, Carlos Cortez, Nancy Hom, Juan Fuentes, and Jos Sances, as well as material from seminal collective workshops such as La Raza Silkscreen, the Royal Chicano Air Force, Japantown Art and Media, Kearny Street Workshop, and Inkworks Press. Perhaps more important, the depth and breadth of the collection reveals the contribution of numerous lesser known or even anonymous artists whose cumulative impact on this democratic public art form has yet to be properly understood.

The cataloging of the AOUON Archive was made possible by a generous grant from the Stephen M. Silberstein Foundation.

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untitled (figures gathered around a cross with a skeleton on it) Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has black ink printed on white paper, showing a collage of illustrations of humans from all over the world, from various time periods. At the center is a cross with a skeleton hanging on it...	Blue Your Mouse Star Turpentine Sandwitch [sic] Brian McBean 1967 Poster has white edges enclosing a stylized multicolor image of alternative yellow and white circles above veins on yellow blue and red bulbs, floating above tendrils of white, red, yellow and...
untitled (faces) 1990 Poster has black ink printed on white paper, with a collage of stylized images of faces and birds. At the center is a large, white face, with hair like tree branches.	Live in the Jungle Sun Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster verso has black ink printed on newspaper. At the center are eight columns and eight rows of uneven lines in an oval formed by a border of uneven lines. At the top left is a yin yang symbol...
Stone Agin! R. Crumb, artist 1971 Poster has a black ink printed on white paper. Across the top is "Stoned Agin!" Below the title are six frames (two columns, three rows) showing a man with a pipe sitting in front of him. As the...	Free John Now! Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster printed on yellow paper with a red, green and yellow lined border. At the top is "Free John Now!" in red on green, in green on yellow and in yellow on red. At the center is a photo of a man...
Plant the Seed Black Sheep Press, printer 1972 Poster has white unprinted edges. At the top is a stylized color image of a marijuana plant growing beneath a blue sky with a white sun shining black rays. At the center is an illustration of the...	Don't Step on the Grass Sam Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has black text and images printed on a brown background with black stylized flowers and grasses. Text reads "don''t step / on / the / grass Sam" with a stylized Uncle Sam figure at the...
The Concert for CMI 1972 Poster has purple and pink ink printed on white paper. At the top is "The Concert For / CMJ / California Marijuana Initiative" followed by a list of performers at the center. At the...	Win A Trip To Hawaii Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster is printed on white paper with a central, stylized background image showing two gray fish in blue shirts blowing gray shells in front of blue water and gray mountains. Arched at the top is...
California Marijuana Initiative Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster printed on white paper with a stylized background image of a green marijuana plant growing on yellow ground in front of gray mountains, a blue sky and a red sun. At the top is "California...	God Save The Seeds ! Black Sheep Press, print shop, Graphoto, workshop, Stone Kingdom Syndicate, publisher 1969 Poster has green and black ink printed on yellow paper. Top edge of poster has text: "Everybody get one and stick it up where it can be seen by everybody else." Below poster has ornate black and...
The Happening 1967 Poster printed on white paper. At the top is "The / Happening" in brightly colored boxes. At the center is a stylized color image of four young men and a woman running with a man wearing a...	untitled (man sitting in front of trees) Rick Griffin, artist 1967 Poster has black ink printed on white paper showing a stylized image of a man in a hat and clothing reminiscent of westernized North American Indian attire sitting on the floor of an outdoor space...
The Power 1968 Poster printed on white paper. At the top is "You feel it until you can''t feel anything at all!" in black and "Power" in multiple colors with "The" over the top in white. At the center are...	Dance Concert & Light Show 1985 Poster has white unprinted edges enclosing a blue sky background with white coulds. At the top is "Liberty Rose Productions" in black followed by a yellow rose with red wings and a red banner with...
untitled (green figure) 1974 Poster has a stylized color image printed on white paper. Image shows a green female sitting on a white pad with a circle behind her. The woman is wearing a gold crown and is draped with brown...	Weed Stock Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster printed on white paper. At the left is "Three Daze Of" in black, "Sex, Dope & / Rock''n''roll" colored in red, green, beige and pink marker, "liberation" in black, "Weed" formed by...
L.S.D. Manifesto 1984 Poster has black text printed on white paper with a black dashed line border with scissor graphics at the top left and right. Near the top in bold is "L.S.D. Manifesto (2)". Text, starting at the...	untitled (hippo and brain) Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has black ink printed on white paper. At the center are various images, including an illustration of a cross-section of a human head, a headless figure reading a newspaper, a hippopotamus...
Maria Muldaur Happy & Artie Traum Oregon Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has black ink and a red graphic printed on white paper. At the top is "Maria Muldaur / Happy & Artie Traum / Oregon". At the left is a circle with musical notes inside. Down the right...	World Hemp 1999 Poster has a black printed background. At the center is a stylized image of a female face with wavy musical scales to the left and right and a marijuana leaf above. At the top of the poster is "...
Nikhil Banerjee 1971 Poster has black ink printed on white paper. At the top and bottom are geometric designs. Text at the top reads "''Nikhil played like an angel...the most inspired playing on the sitar I have heard...	Grooving in the Hive P.D. Spoecker, artist 1967 Poster printed on white paper. At the left is a stylized purple, blue and red graphic design with unidentifiable imagery. At the top right is "grooving in the hive" in blue.