OMCA Political Posters

Oakland Museum, California, United States
Image by Eugen Belyakoff from Noun Project

Description icon-questionA descriptive note detailing the content and context of the digital collection.

This collection was started as part of the “All Of Us Or None” (AOUON) archive project by Free Speech Movement activist Michael Rossman in 1977. The objective was “to gather and document posters of modern progressive movements in the United States“. The collection contains more than 20,000 political posters with a focus on “the domestic political poster renaissance that began in 1965 and continues to this day“. Users can search or browse the images.

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Allow Reuse for educational and non-commercial purposes

Allow Reuse for educational and non-commercial purposes

Notes on Usage icon-questionAdditional notes on the terms of use on the digital images in the collection.

Images are made available for use according to the terms of Fair Use under the U.S copyright laws. However, permission is required for “any commercial reproduction, public display, or distribution in any format, whether digital or print”. No citation requirement mentioned in the terms of use. Image can be cited by including creator name, title of image, year of creation (if unknown, indicate n.d.), medium, physical dimensions, accessed date, source and url of digital image:

e.g. Villalva, Carlos. Cultural Rights: Representation and Misrepresentations, 1982. Poster, work on paper, 56 cm x 43 cm. California, Oakland Museum.

For more information on acknowledging images with other citation styles, refer here.

Please check their Rights and Reproductions for full details before using images.
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