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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Love 1969 Poster has an unprinted white border all around enclosing a black background with red brackets and lines radiating out from the central text "Love," printed in white.	Love Peace Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has an unprinted white border enclosing a black background with a flaming circle at the center. In the circle are omages of nature and human figures. At the center of the circle is "Love /...
untitled (graphic design) Nancy Parker, artist 1970 Poster has a black background with a circle formed by boxes at the top and a line of various colored shapes across the bottom. At the center of the circle is an inverted pink triangle and two...	untitled (dragon/bird) Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has a black background with a central stylized image of a creature with the body of a snake, the head and wings of a dragon and the feet of a bird. The creature stands on a crystal...
untitled (circle) Nancy Parker, artist 1968 Poster has a black background with a central multi-colored circle formed by small boxes, some distorted. At the center is a four-point star with multi-colored diamond shapes at the points.	untitled (boxed graphic design) Nancy Parker, artist 1968 Poster has a black background covered in different shaped boxes of various colors. At the center is a four-point star surrounded by a distorted design.
untitled (central flower-like graphic with rays radiating outward) Nancy Parker, artist 1970 Poster has a black background with a central flower-like graphic with criss crossing lines radiating from the center out to the edges.	untitled (boxes) Nancy Parker, artist 1968 Poster has a black background with small colored boxes throughout. Some of the boxes form larger boxes - partial at the edges with a complete example at the center.
untitled (warped circle) Nancy Parker, artist 1970 Poster has a black background with a central color graphic of a warped cirle.	untitled (flower-like graphic) 1971 Poster has a black background with a central color graphic design that resembles a flower with spade-like edges.
untitled (six-pointed star) Nancy Parker, artist 1968 Poster has a black background with a central pink and orange circle with a multi-colored six-point star at the center.	untitled (central graphic with rays radiating out) Joel Rubenzahl, artist 1969 Poster has a black background withe a central green-lined square with a yellow lined graphic and a pink dot at the center. Radiating out from the central graphics are blue, pink and orange lines...
untitled (pink and white circle with a yellow star at the center) 1971 Poster has a black printed background with a central graphic design showing a circle with flowers and hearts revolving around a central yellow star.	untitled (peacock) Nancy Parker, artist 1969 Poster has a black background with a stylized neon colored image of a peacock with his tail splayed out standing on multi-colored tiles.
Let Us Meet At The Center Of The Spirit Where Differences Are Dissolved And Oneness Is Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has an unprinted white border all around enclosing a green background with a blue graphic design at the center. Centered on the bottom edge in the white border is "Let Us Meet At The Center...	untitled (bright graphic) Nancy Parker, artist 1969 Poster has a black background with a pink line border enclosing a central kaleidoscope-like neon colored graphic design.
Let The Sunshine In 1969 Poster has a black printed border enclosing a stylized red, yellow, orange and black image of a flaming sun with a face. "172 Let The Sunshine In" in orange at the bottom left corner.	House of Stone 1969 Poster has a black printed background with a central stylized neon image of a castle with rays and circles radiating out from behind. A path yellow, blue and orange pathway with circles cut out...
1970 1969 Poster has an unprinted white border followed by a black border enclosing a stylized color image at the top and a calendar for 1970 at the bottom. The image shows a figure in an astronaut suit...	untitled (colorful pattern) Western Graphics Corp 1992 Poster shows a colorful kaleidoscope-like pattern.
untitled (naked man on a rock throwing pebbles into the water) Print Mint 1967 Poster has an unprinted white border all around enclosing a stylized black and white illustration of a skeletal man sitting on an eroded piece of land surrounded by water with a graphic sun in the...	Garden of Eden 1971 Poster has an unprinted white border all around enclosing a stylized image of the sun in an orange sky over mountains and a body of water that supplies a waterfall. On a cliff at the right, two...
Garden of Eden 1969 Poster has an unprinted white border all around enclosing a stylized image of the sun in an orange sky over mountains and a body of water that supplies a waterfall. On a cliff at the right, two...	Thou Art That Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has a central circle filled with purple, yellow, orange and green flowers set in a larger circle of blue sky and white coulds. Surrounding the sky and flowers are stylized color images of...