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Cinema posters collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2615

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Scope and Contents

This collection consists of cinema posters for motion pictures from the around the 1950s through the 1990s. These posters are mass produced posters for cinematic releases. These include the movies "Can-Can" (1960) featuring Frank Sinatra, "Caveman" (1981) featuring Ringo Starr, "Mad City" (1997) featuring John Travolta, "Freddie as F.R.O.7" (1992) an animated film, "Invasion U.S.A." (1985) featuring Chuck Norris, and many more.

Dates

  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1950s-1990s

Conditions Governing Access

Advance notice required for access.

Rights Statement for Archival Description

Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library at ctlibarc@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cinematic Arts Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Extent

440.688 Linear Feet (104 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

This collection consists of promotional cinema posters for motion pictures from around the 1950s through the 1990s.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Received from various studio publicity departments, circa 1980s-early 1990s.

Processing Information

This collection is unprocessed.

Title
Finding aid for the Cinema posters collection
Status
Unprocessed
Author
Marissa Chavez for History Associates Incorporated
Date
2022 April
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library Repository

Contact:
Doheny Memorial Library G4
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0185 United States