2010.54.16445

American Indians
1952
22 in HIGH x 27.875 in WIDE
(55.88 cm HIGH x 70.8 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.16445

"Dedicated to the wonderful belief - practices - and - high moral standards of the American Indian" in black vertically up the right edge. "Copyright 1952 - G.P. Dicus / Puente, California" in black at the bottom right corner.

Poster has white unprinted edges with a red border enclosing a beige background with a central map of America in black. Tribe names are printed on the map in the tribes'' known regions, along with small stylized images of North American Indian figures. Additional figures surround the map. At the bottom left is "American / Indians" with illustrations of tools and weapons separating the two words. In the red border are names, printed in black, of well-known North American Indians, such as Geronimo, Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, etc. Vertically down the left edge in black is "The American Indian lived his religion, practiced his religion and had un-questionable faith in the great mystery". |
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