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posters

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:

Carnation Milk poster of Tigner quadruplets

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 947
Abstract

Carnation Milk poster showing the Tigner quadruplets of Portland, Oregon, at age four. The Tigners were Black fraternal quadruplets born in 1946; they were sponsored by Carnation Milk for advertising purposes, though only two known advertisements featuring them were produced.

Dates: 1950

Cascade AIDS Project records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll859
Abstract

Records of and materials compiled by Cascade AIDS Project, an organization that provides services and advocacy for people with AIDS in Oregon and Southwest Washington and educates the public about AIDS and AIDS prevention. The collection also includes materials relating to other AIDS activism and gay rights activism, most notably records of the Portland Chapter of AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power (ACT UP).

Dates: 1977-2016; Majority of material found within 1982-2016

Thomas A. Emmens collection of historical publications and posters relating to Oregon

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 961
Abstract

Historical publications and posters collected by writer and researcher Thomas A. Emmens (1942-2005), including posters for Oregon Pioneer Association events, an issue of the Congressional Record including a speech about the Oregon Trail, an 1846 memorial to the U.S. Congress, and two issues of the Oregon Semi-Monthly Argus.

Dates: 1846-1981; Majority of material found within 1846-1931

Peter Glazer rock and roll collection

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 499
Abstract

Flyers, concert posters, and radio record surveys relating to rock music performed or played in Portland, Oregon, and Eugene, Oregon, in the late 1960s and early 1970s, as well as the autographs of members of The Doors, Fever Tree, Iron Butterfly, Buffalo Springfield, and the Steve Miller Band. The materials were collected by Peter Glazer (1952-) of Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1967-2010; Majority of material found within 1967-1971

A Great Day in Portland poster

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 902
Abstract

Poster featuring a photograph depicting jazz musicians assembled in the Crystal Ballroom in Portland, Oregon. Darrell Grant gathered the jazz musicians to be photographed by Owen Carey during the 2005 Portland Jazz Festival, and the photograph's composition was inspired by Art Kane's photograph "A Great Day in Harlem."

Dates: 2005

Harbor view, city of Portland, Oregon

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1063
Abstract

Poster featuring a printed half-tone panoramic photograph of Portland, Oregon. The photograph was taken from the east side of the Willamette River and shows the river, steamboats, bridges, and waterfront buildings on the west side of the river.

Dates: circa 1908

Woody Hite collection

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 280
Abstract

Photographs, clippings, posters, and ephemera documenting Woody Hite and his big band, who were active in northwestern Oregon from the 1930s and 1940s; the band was revived in the early 1970s by Hite's brother Don Hite. Photographs include images of Duke Ellington and his band in Portland, Oregon, in 1941.

Dates: circa 1919-1988; Majority of material found within 1937-1955

Irish Setter collection of posters and other materials relating to art exhibitions and galleries

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 1013
Abstract

Posters, ephemera, and a photography book relating to art exhibitions and galleries. The materials were compiled by Irish Setter, a typesetting business in Portland, Oregon. The bulk of the collection consists of posters for exhibitions in the late 1970s and 1980s at Blue Sky Gallery and Blackfish Gallery in Portland.

Dates: 1977-1989

Poster advertising talk by Robert F. Kennedy

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 995
Abstract

Undated poster advertising a talk by Senator Robert F. Kennedy (1925-1968) in the Britt Ballroom (possibly referring to a space at Southern Oregon College in Ashland, Oregon).

Dates: circa 1968

Charles H. Martin re-election campaign poster

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 1003
Abstract

Poster for the re-election campaign of Oregon Governor Charles H. Martin (1863-1946). After serving in the U.S. Army, Martin was elected as a representative in the U.S. Congress in 1930 and 1932, and was elected governor of Oregon in 1934. He was defeated in the primary for the 1938 Democratic gubernatorial election and retired from politics after the end of his term.

Dates: 1938