NP: 1969. Single sheet, 22 ½ by 17 ½ inches. Fine condition. A poster advertising the presidential campaign of Dick Gregory, who ran for office in 1968, garnering 45,000 votes. The poster parodies the trope of the “Wanted” poster. Gregory declared during his campaign that the United States was “worth.....

United States and Canada: July–August 1947. Eleven double-sided scrapbook pages measuring 7 x 11 inches, containing forty-five 2 ½ x 3 ½ inch photographs, six postcards, four maps, four guides, and nine typed pages. A scrapbook documenting an African-American family’s road trip during July and August of 1947, which took.....

Evansville, Indiana: N.p., 1920s. Poster on heavy cardstock measuring 14 x 10 ¾ inches. A poster advertising a fundraising drive to preserve Cedar Hill, the home of Frederick Douglass in Washington, D.C. The drive was organized by the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs, an early civil rights group then.....

Omaha, Nebraska: The Metropolitan Press, 1930s. 14 x 21 ½ inch poster. Nat Towles (1905–1963) was a jazz musician and bandleader from New Orleans. His band, first called Nat Towles’ Creole Harmony Kings, was a renowned territory band in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska. They would later have residences in.....

Geneseo, New York: October 1973. Approximately 18 x 24 inches. Large newspaper advertisement for “Cultural Experience Weekend” at State University of New York, Geneseo, organized by the Activities Commission and Kuumba Weusi Watu, presumably student interest groups. Speakers include Dr. Charles Hurst, then President of Malcom X College in Chicago.....

United States: N.p., c. 1917. Lithographic poster measuring 15 ½ x 11 ¼ inches. A poster celebrating the Eighth Infantry Regiment, Illinois National Guard, during World War I. Text on the poster reads: “Eighth Illinois Regiment Now In France / The Regiment was mustered in the U.S. Volunteer Service.....

United States: 1936. Lithographic illustration measuring 12 x 13 ¾ inches. Unnumbered, titled and signed recto in pencil, matching handwriting of other known examples. A lithograph by American socialist artist Lydia Gibson (1891–1964). Gibson contributed artworks to radical publications including The Masses, The Liberator, New Masses, and others. This illustration.....

Bahia: 1928. Folded map. Fine condition. Teodoro Sampaio was an Afro-Brazilian cartographer, engineer, politician and historian who was very active in Brazil, particularly in Bahia, during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Offered here is Sampaio’s map of Bahia from 1928, which updates a map he produced in 1899.....

Los Angeles, California: Bekins Van & Storage, 1900–1910. Map measuring 15 ¼ x 13 ¼ inches. A map of Los Angeles between Aldama Street, South Indiana Street, Slauson Ave, and Arlington Street, published by Bekins Van & Storage. The map is undated, but based on the city’s population listed on.....

An Iconic Poster in Support of the Chicago 8

Chicago: 1969. Poster. 24 x 20 inches. Minimal wear, fine condition. An iconic poster protesting the arrest of the Chicago 8 on conspiracy charges relating to the protests at the 1968 Democratic Convention. The group, originally as eight members, consisted of Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin, founders of the Youth.....

Oakland, California: 1986. 18 x 25 inch poster on heavy cardstock. Poster for Run-DMC’S Raising Hell Tour featuring Whodini, LL Cool J, and R&B group Timex Social Club. Run-DMC were touring on their third studio album, Raising Hell, which went triple platinum. Later tour dates, including New York City, Pittsburgh.....

Oakland, California: 1987. 14 x 22 inches. Poster for the 87 Def Jam Tour date at the Oakland Coliseum with LL Cool J and Whodini headlining, and featuring influential hip hop duo Eric B. & Rakim, R&B singers New Choice, Roxanne Shante—known for the “Roxanne Wars”—and rapper Too Short.

San Jose, California: 1989. 17 x 22 inch poster on heavy cardstock. Poster for “Rap Off ‘89”, a sizable hip-hop festival and possibly (as the name suggests) rap competition, held at the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds in San Jose, California. The event features acts from Oakland (“Oak Town”), San Jose.....