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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Tapiserie Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster printed on white paper. At the top is a black, yellow and green line with multicolored text beneath reading "Tapiserie" followed by "AUS CSR" handwritten in green marker and "Ausstellung"...	Lieber Gleich-Berechtigt Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster printed on white paper. At the top is "Lieber / Gleich- / Berechtigt" in green and "...als sp_ter" in red. Across the bottom of the poster are black, red and yellow lines like the German...
Stalin 1992 Poster has a brown printed border enclosing a red background. At the top is "Stalin" in beige. Poster shows a group of young people (two girls, one boy) hanging a decorating a framed photo of...	Frau Taler Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has a black and white background photo showing a female baker using a spatula to get star pastries off of cookie sheets while a male chef reaches for one from behind. At the top left is "...
Frau R Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has a black and white background photo of a woman climbing a staircase in a professional outfit with a briefcase, leaving behind a puffy dress, crown, and thorned roses. At the top left is...	Herr Kaiser Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has a black and white background photo showing a man in a button up shirt, blazer and Santa boxers frantically running with an iron and ironing board. At the top left is "B_geln sie doch...
Herr Holle Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has a black and white background photo showing a man wrestling with a heart-printed sheet while feathers fly around his head. At the top left is "Haben sie heute schon die betten gemacht,"...	untitled (black boot stepping on a bare white foot) Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has a gray printed background showing a black boot at the right stepping on a bare white foot at the left. At the bottom left corner is the Amnesty International logo. Across the bottom...
Anna Seghers 1983 Poster has a black and white photo of an older woman''s face with her left hand (with a ring on her wedding finger) up to her chin in thought. At the bottom left is a quote in German printed in...	Bundeswehr raus Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has a red printed background. Across the top is "Bundeswehr raus" in white followed by a black and white altered photo of a man in a military uniform standing over a classroom of students....
Give Peace a Chance 1983 Bottom of poster shows black and white photo of four female figures signing into microphones. At the top center is a colored image of a group of people sewing American flags with white German text...	Marchstr. bleibt Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has a color background image of a building on a street next to an empty lot. In the lot is a forest with a bright yellow glow. On the building next to the lot is graffiti art. At the top...
untitled (crowd and Asian text) Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has a black background. At the top is a collage of images of crowds gathering and performances taking place. To the bottom left of the image is a red bar with black foreign text. Below the...	Laurie Anderson in Concert 1990 Poster has a black and white photo of a woman with her eyes closed and her left hand resting on the right side of her neck. At the top right are legs with sneakers on. Dipping down fromt he top is...
untitled (flowers on a piece of paper) 1973 Poster has a brown background with a beige crooked rectangle at the center that looks like a piece of paper. At the top left of the poster is white Russian text. The paper has gray Russian text...	untitled (men gathered around a machine with illustrations lining the poster border) 1969 Poster has a beige printed background. Around the border are black and white illustrations with black Russian captions below showing scenes from Leningrad. At the top is a large black and white...
Rosa Luxemburg 1976 Poster has an orange background with black text. At the top is an orange-tinted black and white image in an oval of a woman. Below the image is "Rosa Luxemberg" printed in black in a signature...	untitled (tea dispenser) 1988 Poster has a central stylized image of a large decorated metal tea dispenser. Resting atop the container is an ornate red and beige tea pot. On the surface the dispenser sits on are two tea cups...
untitled (astronaut children in a ferris wheel) 1987 Poster has a stylized color image showing children dressed up as astronauts riding a ferris wheel in space. At the bottom of the poster is a text box with a blue line border, curved at the corners...	untitled (figures on the beach) Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has a copy of an artwork showing figures at the beach. Some of the younger figures are naked. Poster verso has white German text and color photos printed on an ornage background. At the top...
untitled (red face of a man) 1969 Poster has a central imafe of a man''s profile, tinted red. Behind the man are stylized images in green of people working. At the bottom left and through the center is brown Russian text.	Genosse Ernst Th_lmann Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has an image of a man standing in a military uniform in black at white. The man wears a red band on his left forearm with a fist on it. The background has smudged German text. At the top of...
untitled (men with the tops of their heads cut off) 1980 Poster has unrpinted white borders at the left and right with a stylized image showing male figures at the center. The man at the fore has the top of his head cut off, revealing a figure on a...	Festival is Peace 1985 Poster has a green and orange border on white paper. At the center is a stylized image of a red woman in an ornage, blue and red dress with her arms outstretched, pushing away puffy blue clouds....