Poster Collection
Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-1235
Scope and Contents
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Posters, full color and black and white, published in the United States and Europe, regarding wild west shows, traveling medicine shows, vaudeville acts, theatrical events, political elections, and the U.S. military. Also included are government propaganda posters, published in the United States, France and Italy during the first and second World Wars, regarding materials conservation, patriotism, liberty loans, military recruitment and other prominent wartime themes.
Dates
- 1884-1986
Restrictions on Access
Available for public access.
Extent
670 items (670 items)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Posters: Method of acquisition--Gifts and purchases; Date of acquisition--9999.
- Bass, Henry B., 1897-1975
- Bentonelli, Joseph
- Cattle brands -- Texas Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cherokee Strip Cowpuncher's Association
- Church buildings -- Posters Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Circus posters Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cowboys -- Posters Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- DeVenney, Sam
- Douglas, Helen Gahagan, 1900-1980
- Heffner, Roy E., 1895-1949
- Hume, Carleton Ross (Carleton Ross), 1878-1960
- Hurley, Patrick J. (Patrick Jay), 1883-1963
- Jacobson, Oscar Brousse, 1882-1966
- Johnson, Edith C., 1879-1961
- Maguire, Grace Adeline King
- McCoy, Tim
- Medicine shows -- Oklahoma -- Posters Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Memminger, Charles B.
- Miller Bros. & Arlington 101 Ranch Real Wild West (Organization)
- Ortenburger, A. I. (Arthur Irving), 1898-1961
- Pawnee Bill, 1860-1942
- Playbills Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Political posters Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Posters Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Posters, American Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Posters, French Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Posters, Italian Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Propaganda, American -- Posters Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Propaganda, Anti-German -- Posters Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Propaganda, Anti-Japanese -- Posters Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Propaganda, French -- Posters Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Propaganda, Italian -- Posters Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ranches -- Oklahoma -- Posters Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Theatrical posters Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Tilghman, William Matthew, 1854-1924
- Tolbert, James Randolph, 1862-1942
- Vaudeville -- Oklahoma -- Posters Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Westfall, Chester H. (Chester Harold), 1892-1956
- Wild west shows -- Posters Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Posters Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Posters Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Western History Collections Repository
Contact:
630 Parrington Oval
Room 300
Norman Oklahoma 73019 United States
westernhistorycollections@ou.edu
630 Parrington Oval
Room 300
Norman Oklahoma 73019 United States
westernhistorycollections@ou.edu
