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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Open Mike Showcase Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster advertising an open mic showcase to benefit AIDS relief. Poster has black text on white paper. Classic KSOK Rock Band has a logo with a hand breaking through the "O" as the letter O and...	Walk for AIDS '93 Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster advertising the Walk for AIDS in 1993 in San Jose, California. Poster has a logo at center where "walk" is spelled out with alternating boxes of blue and yellow. Text in blue at bottom...
LOAD Fest 2 Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster advertising the LOAD (Love Over AIDS and Discrimination) Fest 2, a benefit event. Poster has an image of Mao TseTun surrounded by a large group of smiling people. The rest of the poster is...	Enrique Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster advertising an event in San Francisco featuring Enrique. Poster is black and white with photographs of two people with large afros. One is holding an automatic machine gun. The other is...
AIDSWALK 2002 Dayle Designs, designer 2002 Poster advertising details about the 2002 AIDSWALK in Olympia, Washington. Poster has a red AIDS ribbon with sneakers that are walking. Text is red or dark blue on blue-gray bakcground. Below...	25th annual Spiral Dance Lyra Hill, artist Circa 2004 Poster advertising the 25th Annual Spiral Dance at Herbst Pavilion in Fort Mason (San Francisco). Poster has illustration of three femail figures in flowing robes, with moon and night scky in the...
There is no god but man. Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster listing "laws" written by occultist Aleister Crowley. Text in green calligraphy on a pink background. Laws are surrounded by a darker pink frame with flames and "666" in green at bottom...	Spanish Harlem Revival Part II Dance Concert Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster advertising a dance concert in San Francisco to benefit the Delancy Street Foundation. Acts include Tito Puente, Willie Bobo & Band, and Salsa de Berkeley. Poster is on beige paper,...
Freedom Center Blues 2005 Poster advertising a blues concert at the Freedom Center in Princeton By The Sea to support a substance abuse treatment and counseling program. Poster is dark blue with an illustration of a guitar...	Smart sportswear for the active man. Jeff McElhaney, writer Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster produced by Health Education Resource Organization to tell men to use condoms. Poster has three condoms--red, yellow, and green on a gray background. Text below talks about availability and...
Pregnant Using Crack Cocaine Want Help? Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster from the San Francisco Department of Public Health providing information for pregnant women who need medical and couseling services because they''re using crack cocaine. Poster is pink with...	Crystal Pistol Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has a black and white drawing of a syringe with what appear to be tiny vines growing out of the needle end. The plunger of the syringe is a large roughly star shaped object made up of...
Before You Stick It In Be Sure Your Rig is Clean! Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster telling people who use hypodermic needles to use clean needles. Black and white photograph with a closeup for fingers using a needle. Text at bottom right lists needle exhange locations in...	Untitled Janet Beller, photographer Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster for the Long Island Association for AIDS Care with a black and white photograph of a woman with her arms folded and a quotation reading: "I''m Not Gay. I Don''t Shoot Drugs. I Got AIDS."...
Federal Bureau of Narcotics Training School Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster with a shield or logo for the Federal Bureau of Narcotics Training School. Image is in blue and red, with an eagle at top, blue and red lines making a star pattern around a shield with...	The Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt on Campus 1993 Poster advertising a quilt display and AIDS Awareness Week events on the UC Berkeley campus. Poster has a stylized illustration of the campenile (tall white tower) with stars on a night sky...
Lily Tomlin in The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life In The Universe Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster advertising benefit performances of Lily Tomlin in The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life In The Universe to raise money for the Name Project Quilt Tour. Poster is beige with green text....	Threads Of Love 1988 Poster advertising a display of quilts titled "Threads of Love" from the National AIDS Memorial, on view in San Francisco. Poster has text in black on white boxes over a red field implying fabric...
Vito Russo Neal Pozner, designer Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster celebrating gay rights activist Vito Russo. Background is a quilt that is signed by many people. On top of the quilt are many photographs of Russo--by himself through the years and with...	Jerry Brown for Mayor Allied Printing, printer Circa 1998 Campaign poster for Jerry Brown for Mayor of Oakland. Poster is dark green with yellow Oakland logo (oak tree) with "Oaklanders First" around the tree. ...
Annihiland Presents...Still Life in the Inner Circle Linda Wiens, artist Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster set up like a comic strip, with title panel at top left and six rows with four images. Each image is a black and white photograph that is a still shot from a movie. Images have speech...	Lenin-October A. Kapitan, artist 1987 Poster with red Cyrillic text in red at top and bottom. At center is an illustration of Lenin with a red flag with Cyrillic text in white and hammer and sickle in background. "SAMPLE" has been...
Untitled The Ripening of Time Collective Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster with black text on green paper, with illustration of Constance Markievicz and a quotation from her above.	Two Local Chapters in the Spectacle of Decomposition 1979 Poster with an excerpt from a Chris Shutes publication, Two Local Chapters in the Spectacle of Decomposition. Text is in three columsn with a Daniel Denvert quote at top center and a photograph of...