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Strobridge & Co. Lith. Strobridge Lithographing Company advertisements, 1910-1954 and undated.

Title: Strobridge Lithographing Company advertisements, 1910-1954 and undated.

The Strobridge Lithographing Company Advertisements span the years 1910 through 1954, documenting much of the company's printed poster advertising work from that era. All images are black and white. The core of the collection, the Image Files Series, consists of around 1000 8x10 photographs ("A" images) of advertising designs, and a similar number of smaller printed cards (approx. 5x7 to 5x8, "B" images) of outdoor advertisement designs. The images are accompanied by three different Access Files to be used to browse the collection. These files are in the form of image photocopies ( "job tickets" ) and catalog cards. Most images are of poster (billboard or transit card) designs, but there are also some photographs of tabletop display advertising, window cards and other point-of-purchase displays. The collection documents advertising during a time when transportation was changing in America, and the automobile was gaining in popularity. Billboards began to replace smaller posters, accommodating a more mobile public. It was then that Strobridge turned from its emphasis on circus and theater posters (not represented in the collection) to billboard ads for mass-produced products. Many different products are featured, but perhaps the two most prominent and well-represented campaigns are those for Camel cigarettes and Palmolive soaps. The images form a valuable reference collection of advertising designs, relevant for researchers from a variety of disciplines including commercial artwork, advertising history and design, and popular culture. The collection documents outdoor advertising design during the first part of the twentieth century for what were mostly national brands. Numerous examples are from the era of hand-drawn and painted designs, often signed by artists including Norman Rockwell, Howard Scott, and Dr. Seuss (see his designs for the product Flit). Rarely, an artist is listed on the back of the image. Later designs from the 1940s and 1950s include photographic images, often peppered with celebrity likenesses including John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, and Charlton Heston. Many of the celebrity advertisements promoted tobacco products. Some designs are clearly war-era, such as advertisements depicting a 1943 female factory worker, or one from Schlitz (1942) mentioning war bonds.

ArchivalResource: 7166 items (9 lin. ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/686731893 View

Connecticut Historical Society. Diplomas, Schools, Connecticut.

Title: Diplomas, Schools, Connecticut. 1870-1925.

ArchivalResource: 1 oversize box (23 items) ; 41 x 54 cm. or smaller.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54751875 View

Bonheur, Rosa, 1822-1899. Circus World Museum poster collection, 1841-[ongoing]

Title: Circus World Museum poster collection, 1841-[ongoing]

The Circus World Museum actively collects domestic and foreign circus and wild west posters from a variety of sources and has also collected a number of museum, menagerie, carnival, and fair posters. The collection contains many examples from the Adam Forepaugh Circus, Al G. Barnes Circus, Barnum & Bailey Circus, Buffalo Bill's Wild West, Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus, Ringling Bros. Circus, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, and the Sells Bros. Circus. There are posters from the United States, France, Germany, Great Britain, Poland, Russia, India, Spain, Mexico, Italy, and Japan.

ArchivalResource: [6800] posters.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145788029 View

Gaylord Oscar Shepherd Collection of Strobridge Lithography Company Calendar Cards, 1896-1912

Title: Gaylord Oscar Shepherd Collection of Strobridge Lithography Company Calendar Cards 1896-1912

All items in this collection are monthly calendar cards produced by the Strobridge Lithography Company, with the exception of one item which is not a calendar card but a commemorative one. The cards are cataloged according to month and year.

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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/archives/ead/OhCiUAR0322 View