murder

Join the Army
c. 1970

Poster is long rectangular shaped with a black background and white text. Poster reads, "Join the Army; travel to exotic, distant lands; meet exciting, unusual people and kill them."

Geronimo Pratt
after 1978

Poster is printed overall with a black and white photo of an African American man, shown from the shoulders up he is smiling with his head slightly tilted. The upper left corner is overlaid with...

Murdered [Sam Napier]
1971

The top edge of the poster has the text: "Murdered". Below is a black and white photograph of a male figure, shown from the neck, he has a mustache. The bottom of the poster has the text: "Sam...

Murdered
1970

Poster has red lettering that reads, "Murdered/ Allison Kraufe/ Sandra Lee Scheuer/ Jerry Miller/ William K. Schroder."

This poster has unintentional type where wet ink transferred as a wet...

Altamont '69
1969

Poster has five black and white photographs of people at a music festival. In the bottom center is "Altamont '69" printed vertically. Photos from top left clockwise: a hat with a sign for acid;...

Nguyen Thai Binh: Born 1948 - Assassinated: July 2, 1972
c. 1972

Poster has a black and white photograph of a man's head close up. Below the image is "Nguyen Thai Binh/ Born: 1948 - Assassinated: July 2, 1972." Above the photo reads, "I am willing to take any...

Do you ever feel like killing your boss?
1972

Small poster with a black single border around a large area of small text. The top has "Do you ever feel like killing your boss?" printed in red lettering. Below is a small picture of...

BART Police: Who They Protect and Serve & Who They Killed.
c. 1992

Poster is printed on white paper in black ink. Poster reads from top to bottom: "BART Police: Who They / Protect and Serve / & Who They Killed / Justice for Jerrold Hall! Accused of...

1979

Poster has a black and white photograph of a group of women holding a banner. The banner reads, "3rd World Women We Cannot Live Without Our Lives." Below the photograph is "March to Protest the...

1977

The top half of the poster has an olive color background with a black and white skull that wearing a mask of a man's face. Below is a dark blue outline of an officer. The shoulder has O.P.D. and...

1976

Poster is printed on yellow paper and has a drawing of a woman holding a child and pointing a gun. Behind the woman is a red sun. Above the drawing is black text. The text reads, "I stand in...

c. 1968

Poster has a black and white image of a human skeleton with tail that has six fuzzy spider arms with skeleton hands. Around the spider are bones and skulls. Printed above the image in white is "...

8-Nov-73

Tribune caption on the back, Nov. 9, 1973-- "After ambushing Dr. Foster, killers ran along E. 11th into Peralta Park and emerged on Fallon Street near Auditorium." Photo shows a time-elapse,...

12-Nov-73

Clipping on the back of the photo reads, "September 8, 1991--Rage gripped Oakland when Superintendent Marcus Foster was murdered in 1973." Photo shows a large crowd gathered around a hearse. A...

21-May-69

Depiction: Picture focuses on a handwritten sign tacked to the doorway of the chancellor's office at UCLA. The word "chancellor" is partially seen on the glass door. A man stands on the other...

Aug. 23, 1989

Photograph of site of all-night vigil where former Black Panther Party founder and member Huey Newton was killed. Candles burn on sidewalk where he was killed at night. A photo of him from many...

c.1855

Quarter plate daguerreotype with hand tinted cheeks in original case. King was a crusading newspaper editor whose assassination sparked the Vigilante Uprising of 1856.

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