Poster display boards of the Treasure Island motion pictures by MGM with Jackie Cooper and Lionel Barrymore in 1934, National General Pictures with Orson Welles, Walter Slezak, and Lionel Stander in 1972 including two lobby card stills, and Walt Disney with Bobby Driscoll, Robert Newton, and Basil Sydney in 1975, including one lobby card still. Other display boards show the original serialisation in "Young folks," the plates by George Roux omitted from the Cassell 1885 ed., the first true ill. ed. by Roberts, 1884, and the Cassel 1897 ed. The largest display board depticts the illustrations in the 1st Ednglish ill. ed. from Cassell, 1885. Ten plates describe various aspects of Treasure Island history. Ten plates provide themes. There are 137 plates with brief bibliographic citations which identify the specific ed. used in the exhibit. One map of the island is framed, two posters of book jacket covers, both in frames. One framed story of pirates and information about RLS from McDonalds and Great-American Children's Theatre Company, Milwaukee. Two framed, col. comic strips, The Wizard of Id, 8-8, 1999, and Shoe, 10-3, 1999 which have a Treasure Island theme. One framed color plate of John Silver, Doctor Livesey, Squire Trelawney and Jim Hawkins. One framed col. plate of Capt. Smollett raising the Union Jack, and one framed col. N.C. Wyeth plate of Long John Silver with Jim Hawakins as hostage. One pictorial map, framed is a 1954 "litho. on a Harris Offset Press." Two b&w ill. mounted on silver cardboard by Howard Pyle. One col. map mounted on sliver cardboard. Three glossy b&w photographic stills from the 1934 MGM Treasure Island motion picture. Three glossy b&w photographic stills from the 1972 National General Pictures Treasure Island motion picture. Four col. lobby card stills from the 1975 Walt Disney motion picture. One newspaper facsimile of theNew York Times article published August 18, 1934 on the MGM Treasure Island motion picture.
