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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Environmental Testing Trend Enterprises Inc., publisher 1992 Poster with a color photograph of a person in a biohazard suit and respirator, standing in a body of water and bending over to collect a watr sample in a container. Water has plants, including...	Nuclear Power on the Moon General Electric Company, publisher 1966 Black and white poster from General Electric describing and illustrating the use of SNAP-27, a compact nuclear power system to produce electric power for lunar experiments. Poster has black text...
Old Uncle Gaylord's Old Fashioned Ice Cream Parlours Late 20th Early 21st Century Black and white poster advertising Old Uncle Gaylord''s Old Fashioned Ice Cream Parlours. Top half of poster is an illustration of a man at a podium talking about ice cream. Below is a large crowd...	Osoba Noodle Nook Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster for Osaba Noodle Nook, a macrobiotic restaurant. Poster is white with a pink square at ccent. The square has two halves: Left half has the outline of blossoms on tree branches, with text...
Nuclear Waste Transport A Disaster Waiting to Happen Northwest Working Press, publisher Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster with black and white illustration of a train car with "Danger Radioactive Cargo" written on front on train tracks. Text at left describes facts and figures related to the transport of...	I am Amishinabe Own Sabre, artist 1982 Poster with illustration of a Native American Indian male, standing with a large full moon behind his head. He is dressed in native clothing, with feathers in his hair. To the left is a column of...
Get a Life Get a Bike Doug Minkler, artist 1993 Poster with an illustration of four stylized people in cars commuting. The air is filled with car exhaust fumes, and the people''s faces are green and sickly. A dog lies dead at right and another...	Together we will Stop Diablo Canyon Circa 1978 Poster with two arms with two hands clasped together. In the background is a gray structure with two domes (a nuclear power plant) with brown hills and gray sky in the backround. Below is white...
Celebrate! Hudson Valley Preservation Day 1973 Poster with illustration of a variety animals (horse, cat, raccoon, chicken, rabbit, bird, squirrel, swan) with green hills in the bacground, and a moon or sun above the hills against a dark blue...	Humboldt Bay Nuclear Power Plant / 1980-201980 Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster with white border and dark blue image of the Humboldt Bay Nuclear Plant in silhouette. Text in pale blue on the right half of the poster, lined up to the right of a thin, tall tower at...
Democrats for Solar Energy T. Kestel, artist Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster with illustration of the head of a donkey wearing sunglasses and smiling, with a red sun behind, and a banner below reading "For Solar Energy." Background is white. Below right is a sticker...	A Secure Energy Future Late 20th Early 21st Century #VALUE!
Berkeley Farmers' Market Inkworks Press, printer circa 2002 Multi-color poster shows a reproduction of an artwork that fills the page. The image shows a green landscape with many different people balancing vegetables on their heads. "Berkeley Farmers''...	Gaia Organic Blend Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has a stylized green and brown image of trees. In an opening of the trees is "Introducing / Peet''s / Certified / Organic / Gaia / organic blend". The top and bottom edges of the poster...
Better Active Today Than Radioactive Tomorrow Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster printed on cream paper. At the top is a yellow sun shining on a green stylized image of a farm with a city skyline visible in the background. At the bottom is "Better Active Today / Than...	And the Meek Shall Inherit the Earth Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has white unprinted edges enclosing a stylized black and pink image of a mushroom could over an urban city, with dolphins looking on the scene from the body of water in the fore. At the top...
April Fool's Day Jamboree American Friends Service Committee, printer Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster printed on white paper. At the top is "Plutonium Players Presents / A No-Nukes Benefit / April / Fool''s Day / Jamboree". At the center is a stylized image of a figure, with his head...	Common Ground Country Fair 1999 Poster printed on white paper. At the top is "Common Ground / Country Fair / Unity, Maine" in black. At the center is a multicolor image of four children in costumes, such as a bee and a...
Festival for Life Rally 1992 Poster has black ink printed on yellow paper. At the top is "Festival For Life - Portland - 1992 / Rally". At the center are images of three chimpanzees holding signes reading "To Stop / Nuclear...	Nuclear Power Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has black ink printed on yellow paper. At the top is a stylized illustration of a power plant. Text below the image reads "Nuclear / Power / What Does It Mean / For The Present & / The...
Radioactive Waste Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has a black printed background. At the top is "Coming Soon, To Roads Near You... / High Level / Radioactive / Waste / on its way via truck, rail & barge to Yucca Mountain" in yellow and...	Deadly nuclear radiation hazards USA 1995 Poster consists of red and black print on white paper. Image depicts a map of the continental United States of America indicating the number of nuclear weapons, nuclear industry & science,...
People's Energy Late 20th Early 21st Century Multicolor poster has a stylized image of people gatheres in front of a neighborhood street holding a banner reading "people''s energy". A figure at the center of the crowd is holding up a large...	Deadly nuclear radiation hazards USA 1995 Poster consists of red and black print on white paper. Image depicts a map of the continental United States of America indicating the number of nuclear weapons, nuclear industry & science,...