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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The Beatles 1995 Poster has black ink printed on whtie paper. At the top is "Silver Fine Art / In Association With / KRQR / Presents / The Beatles / Historic Images 1962-1967". At the center is a photo of the...	Incredible! circa 1967 Poster has brown/black ink printed on white paper. At the top is "Incredible!" At the bottom is a photo of the Beatles posing with decapitated dolls and pieces of meat. At the top left...
Witches Double-H Press, printer 1967 Poster has black ink printed on white paper with an image of a witch stirring a cauldron, surrounded by images of castles, a black cat, a toad, a baby with a cracked skull, a skeleton, and a...	Bill Miller for Mayor of Berkeley Berkeley Free Press 1967 Poster has text and images that transition from blue at the top to red at the center and green at the bottom, all printed on white paper. At the top center is a photo of Albert Einstein with a...
1% Free Peter Berg 1967 Poster has black ink printed on white paper. At the top is a stylized image of two men in top hats leaning against a wall. At the bottom is "1% Free". The image depicts two...	United Empire Loyalists 1967 Poster printed on gray paper. At the top is a portion of the British flag. At the bottom is a purple background with a gray heart with "United / Empire / Loyalsists" printed in it. At the bottom...
Monkees Sparta Graphics 1967 Poster has black, red and purple ink printed on pale pink paper with a vine and leaf border. At the center is an illustration of four men. At the top left is "Monkees" printed in the shape of a...	Marihuana 1967 Poster has a black printed background. At the top is a stylized image of a man and woman sitting at a table, with the man inserting a needle in the woman''s arm. At the top left and right is red...
The Dope Circus Electronic Pooh-Bah Co., printer 1967 Poster with a black line drawing of a nude woman in center and other nude figures and flowers around her.	Alice's Mad Tea Party Greg Irons, artist 1967 Poster is a colorful illustration of a tea party from the story Alice in Wonderland. characters are sitting on mushrooms at a table, smoking. Text and the face of the Cheshire cat appear in the...
Wonderland Tom Cervenak, artist 1967 Poster has a colorful illustration from the story Alice in Wonderland, with a blue border that includeds the word "Wonderland" in script. Image has Alice looking up at a caterpiller with hookah on...	Knock Yourself Out 1967 Poster has blackink printed on white paper with a photo of a man with a moustache holding a marijuana joint. At the top is "knock yourself out." At the bottom left is "Burma Grass. / truly fine...
Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory Rick Griffin, artist 1967 Poster has white unprinted edges with a black overlapping circle border. At the top is "Mine Eyes Have Seen / The / Glory" in yellow, orange and blue. At the center is a caterpillar sitting on a...	Frederick S. Perls Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has a black printed background with white text and a black and white pgoto of an elderly man''s face. At the top is "Esalen Institute presents and evening with / Frederick S. Perls / a...
Jerry Rubin for Mayor 1967 Political poster for Jerry Rubin for Mayor. Poster is orange, with handwritten text in black and a black line border. After helping organize the Vietnam Day Committee, Yippie Jerry...	Summer of Love 1987 Poster has white unprinted edges enclosing a blue background. A tthe top left is a red peace symbol and at the top right is a blue and orange triangle with an Egyptian eye at the center. Centered...
untitled (figures on a platform by the water) Double-H Press, printer 1967 Poster has a black background and multicolor stylized images printed on white paper showing figures in robes with elaborate graphic prints standing on a dock or platform near black water, where...	untitled (plant) P.D. Spoecker, artist 1967 Poster has a light green printed background with dark green ink showing a stylized plant with flowers and animals. At the bottom right is "in your garden, perhaps?"
The Law Against Marijuana 1967 Poster has black ink printed on white paper. Centered at the top is "The Times Monday July 24 1967" followed by "the law against / marijuana is / immoral in / principle and / unworkable in /...	San Francisco Oracle Facsimile Edition 1991 Poster printed on white paper. At the top is a stylized image of purple mountains with "Oracle" at the base rising out of blue water. Over the mountains are three UFOs with "The City Of" in purple...
untitled (man in a feather headdress dancing) Double H. Press, printer 1967 Poster has black ink printed on white paper with a stylized image of a man in a loincloth and feather headdress dancing with a spear in his hand. On the shaft of the spear are female faces, with a...	Step Out of Your Mind 1967 Poster has white unprinted edges enclosing a stylized image of two hallways lined in pink, purple and blue color boxes. At the center is the face of a man, with a crazed look on his face, repeated...
untitled (man with wings on his head) 1967 Multicolor poster has a stylized image of a man with wings as ears and a yelow male gender symbol beneath his left eye, positioned at the bottom left of the poster. A tthe top left is a blue staff...	untitled (turtle) 1967 Poster has a blue printed background with a deconstructed yellow and green turtle. Surrounding each part fo the turtle are instructions printed in black for cutting out and constructing the animal...