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 (woman in a bed) 1974 Poster has a central stylized color image showing a woman lying wide awake in a bed in a room made of gray wood. The feet of the bed are all submerged in buckets of water. The window in the...	I Am Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has a blue printed background. On the left side is "I Am / The Face Of / Pro-Choice / America" and on the right side is "Pass The / Freedom / Of Choice / Act Now!" all in white. On the...
No Estas Sola 1991 Top of poster has a brown and black stylized image showing the profile of a pregnant woman holding her growing belly. At the bottom of the poster is "No Estas Sola. / Obtenga Cuidado Prenatal....	Through the Looking Glass: a gynergenetic experience 1976 Poster shows three stylized female figures standing on a beach beneath a black and white tree with their arms and faces raised toward a full white moon in a silver and black cloudy and rainy sky....
untitled (pregnant woman holding her baby bump) 1991 Top of poster has a brown and black stylized image showing the profile of a pregnant woman holding her growing belly. At the bottom of the poster is black foreign text.	Rejection Quintet Judy Chicago 1974 Top of poster has a reproduced artwork originally created by Judy Chicago. The image shows blue and pink petals being peeled back to reveal a stylized image of what appears to be female genitalia...
untitled (woman with her legs open) Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has a central red background printed on white paper. At the bottom of the red is a stylized image of a white, unprinted, naked female figure seated with her legs straddled open. Gray and...	Independent Spirits Late 20th Early 21st Century Top of poster has a reproduced artwork showing a female figure from the chest up. The woman is wearing a green dress and large-rimmed hat. At the bottom of the poster is "Independent Spirits" in...
untitled (woman sitting at a table with cats) Print Mint 1972 Poster has white unprinted edges with a black printed border enclosing a black and white stylized image of a naked woman sitting at a table with her eyes closed, a smile on her face and a joint in...	The Dinner Party Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has a central rectangle, tilted to the left. Down the upper outer left edge of the rectangle is "The Dinner Party" in red. At the top of the rectangle is a white circle with a stylized...
Masquerade Ball 1977 Poster has a stylized image of a naked female figure with a wolf''s head riding on a half-horse/half-man cenatur with a wolf howling at the moon in the background. The image is framed by a gray...	I Want You 1972 Poster has a black, red, white and blue border enclosing a pink background with a stylized image of a woman dressed like Uncle Sam, mimicking his infamous pointed finger pose. At the bottom of the...
500 Year Of Resistance Through Women's Eyes Mission Grafica 1992 Poster has white unprinted edges enclosing a gray printed background. At the top is a black stylized image of the profiles of four figures, with the second from the right being a skeleton. Below...	Womanopoly Late 20th Early 21st Century This poster, printed on thick paper, is a version of the board game Monopoly called "Womanopoly". All the "O"''s in the name are female symbols. The spaces on the board have designations related...
Untitled (Joan of Arc) Late 20th Early 21st Century This poster, printed on textured paper, is an illustration of a woman (Joan of Arc) wearing a suit of armor and holding a sword. She has long hair and is seen from the waiste up.	Mount Holyoke Timeline 1987 This is a timeline of events in the history of "Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts". Blue text at the top of the page reads "Mount Holyoke Timeline".
Flaming Woman 1980 This poster is a silhouette of a woman in flames. She is holding her arms above her head. The background and her body are black.	Untitled (Human body sampler) Late 20th Early 21st Century This poster is an image of a stitched sampler of a human body set against a white, textured background. The body is an outline filled with shapes and designs in various colors. The designs mimic...
Lilith Fair Late 20th Early 21st Century This poster promotes "Lilith / fair", a concert at the "Shoreline Amphitheatre". There is a list of female musicians playing at the concert in the left half of the poster. Various brown, yellow,...	Mondale for America 1984 This is a horizontally-oriented campaign poster for Walter Mondale''s campaign for President. It reads "Mondale / for America / Ferraro" and red lines separate the presidential candidate for the...
Women In Sports 1975 This poster features black, white, and beige images of women participating in sports such as running, swimming, and cycling. Each image is repeated several times across the page. Black text in the...	Come Jam With Us! 1988 This poster promotes "1988-89 California / Women''s Basketball". There is a photograph of a female basketball player making a basket above text reading "Cal / Come / Jam / With / Us!" Additional...
Lilith Fair 1997 This poster has a purple and blue background of water and sky. There is a decorative gold frame around the outside edge. Green text at the top of the page reads "Lilith Fair" and there is a gold...	Hooker's Masquerade Ball 1978 This poster promotes "The 5th Annual / Hooker''s / Masquerade / Ball". There is an illustration of a naked woman lying across the lower right portion of the poster. Text across her lists the date...