Political Posters
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.
1975
Poster has a blue printed background with a stylized image of a white dove that''s also the shape of a hand and a rainbow. In the body of the dove is black foreign text. Across the top edge is... |
Late 20th Early 21st Century
Poster has a brown tinted image printed on white paper showing three women walking down a brick street carrying guns. |
1980
Poster has a stylized image of a dove bisecting a black bullet, set on a background of shades of blue. At the left is "World / Parliament Of / The Peoples / For Peace / Sofia 1980" in four... |
Late 20th Early 21st Century
Multicolor poster shows a map of the Middle East, focusing on Israel/Palestine. At the left are shaded maps. |
Late 20th Early 21st Century
Poster has a black printed background with a central yellow, black and white image of a disfigured man surrounded by stylized leaves with yellow text above and below reading "USA bort fran /... |
1977
Poster has a black printed background. At the bottom is a stylized black and white image of a man in a head scarf with a gun over his shoulder. Above the man is a shape of Palestine, filled with... |
Late 20th Early 21st Century
Poster has a multicolor, aerial photo of Israel. At the bottom is Hebrew text and "building Jerusalem / the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Ruth Youth Wing" in white. |
Late 20th Early 21st Century
Poster has a black printed background. At the top and right is white foreign text. The poster has a black and white image of a man lying on his back, with a machine coming from his stomach,... |
Late 20th Early 21st Century
Poster has a blue background. At the center is a multicolor, multilayer six-point star. At the top is white Hebrew text and at the bottom is "Israel / 28 years of / independence". Surrounding the... |
Late 20th Early 21st Century
Poster has black ink printed on white paper. Across the top is "Selbstbestimmungsrecht fur das palastinensische Volk". The rest of the poster has photos of human figures and German text. |
Late 20th Early 21st Century
Poster has a green printed background. At the top is Hebrew and Arabic text and "Protected Wold Birds / & Animals In Israel" in white. The poster has color illustrations of birds and animals,... |
1981
Poster has a multicolor, stylized image of a group of swan flying with various flags dangling from their necks, as two fighter jets pass above. |
1994
Poster has a green printed background, darker at the top and lighter at the bottom. At the top is a red symbol. Over the symbol is white text reading "building / the smallest / democracy / at the... |
Late 20th Early 21st Century
Poster printed on white paper with stylized, multicolor image of a man in a robe standing on a hill overlooking a town with a horn to his ear. At the bottom of the poster is "Israel" in black. |
Late 20th Early 21st Century
Poster has a purple printed background with a sheet rock design. At the top is "ECE - For A Better Environment" in gold with two translations. At the center are stylized color images of wildlife... |
1994
Poster has white unprinted edges enclosing a light brown background with white repeating text: "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal". At the top are black Olympic rings surrounded by... |
1990
Poster has a peach colored background with a stylized yellow image of a torch. At the top is "Universal Declaration of Human Rights" with two foreign translations, all in black. At the center over... |
1972
Poster printed on white paper. At the top is a green and blue graphic of nesting circles with a white figure at the center. At the bottom of the poster is "United Nations / Conference / On The /... |
1988
Poster printed on white paper. At the top is a reproduction of a Normal Rockwell piece showing human figures. Over the people is "Do Unto Others / As You Would Have Them / Do Unto You". At the... |
1975
Poster has a pink and black image of a mushroom cloud from an explosion. Down the center is a blue and white strip with "25 years - Stockholm Appeal" at the top and "Stop / The Arms / Race / for... |
1974
Poster has a blue printed background with a stylized, ethereal image of a dove. At the bottom right is "25th Anniversary / Of The World / Peace Movement / (1949-1974)". Printed on the bottom edge... |
1975
Poster has a gray background with blue text. At the top left is "25 years / -Stockholm / Appeal". At the center is a stylized image of a doce shaped hand holding a branch shaped pen. At the bottom... |
Late 20th Early 21st Century
Poster has white unprinted edges. At the left is a black and white photo of the face of a man wearing glasses. The right side of the poster has a black background with gray and white text reading... |
1985
Poster has a gray printed background with a central stylized image of the profile of a man with a beard and glasses wearing a hat with a red high heel attached to the side. At the top right is "... |