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Military poster collection
- Title
- Military poster collection [graphic].
- Publication
- <1918?-1991?>
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Still image | By appointment only | Sc Art Posters-Military | Schomburg Center - Art & Artifacts |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Pious, Robert Savon.
- Found In
- (CstRLIN)NYPG087000308-f
- Description
- <30> posters : col. and b&w.
- Summary
- Posters and poster reproductions manufactured or painted between 1920 and 1991 concerning African American involvement in the military. Wars covered are the American Revolution, World War I and World War II. Posters announce military reviews, commemoration events, benefits and reasons to fight, with the 369th Infantry Division heavily represented. One World War II poster depicts Private Joe Louis saying "We Will Do Our Part..." One of the painted posters was done by Robert S. Pious.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
- Subjects
- World War, 1914-1918 > Participation, Afro-American
- United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Participation, Afro-American
- Paintings > 1940-1949
- Photomechanical prints > 1910-1999
- Posters > 1940-1999
- African Americans > Military service > 1910-1999
- World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, Afro-American
- Posters > Reproductions > 1980-1999
- United States > Army > Infantry Regiment, 369th
- Genre/Form
- Posters – 1940-1999.
- Posters – Reproductions – 1980-1999.
- Paintings – 1940-1949.
- Photomechanical prints – 1910-1999.
- Note
- Title devised.
- Some posters are torn, creased, slightly dirty.
- Access (note)
- Access to the collection is by appointment only and is restricted to qualified and experienced researchers.
- Cite As (note)
- From the collection of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox & Tilden Foundations, Art & Artifacts Division.
- Terms of Use (note)
- Works from the collection may be borrowed for exhibition purposes. Photography of art or artifacts in the collection is prohibited. In most instances, prints of collection items are available for sale to researchers. Permission for loans and to reproduce prints for publication must be obtained in writing.
- Linking Entry (note)
- Forms part of the Poster Collection.
- Call Number
- Sc Art Posters- Military
- OCLC
- NYPG089000003-F
- Title
- Military poster collection [graphic].
- Imprint
- <1918?-1991?>
- Access
- Access to the collection is by appointment only and is restricted to qualified and experienced researchers.
- Cite As:
- From the collection of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox & Tilden Foundations, Art & Artifacts Division.
- Terms Of Use
- Works from the collection may be borrowed for exhibition purposes. Photography of art or artifacts in the collection is prohibited. In most instances, prints of collection items are available for sale to researchers. Permission for loans and to reproduce prints for publication must be obtained in writing.
- Linking Entry
- Forms part of the Poster Collection.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Pious, Robert Savon. Artist
- Found In:
- (CstRLIN)NYPG087000308-f
- Research Call Number
- Sc Art Posters- Military