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American advertising ephemera collection

 Collection
Identifier: 6067
Abstract

A collection of advertising fliers, brochures, booklets and catalogs for household appliances and products, all aimed specifically at women, dating from the 1860s to the 1930s. The collection includes trade catalogs for heating sources, stoves, porcelain sinks, vacuums, "wear-ever" cookware, carpet sweepers, irons, wringers, and "ready to eat" food products; fliers for labor-saving laundry soap, and a dryer that dries without a wringer; a commercial laundry price list; and brochures.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Dancing Cansinos photograph album

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 8000
Abstract The Dancing Cansinos photograph album consists of photographs and ephemera relating to the Dancing Cansinos, a family of professional dancers who emigrated from Spain and eventually settled in Los Angeles. The troupe consisted of Antonio, Sr. and Carmen Cansino; their children Eduardo, Elisa, Paco, Jose, Antonio, Jr., Rafael, and Angel; Gabriel Cansino, a cousin; and, briefly in the 1930s, Margarita Carmen Cansino, who later became known as the actress Rita Hayworth. Rita Hayworth's parents...
Dates: 1920 - 1939

Zachary Davis collection of West Coast punk ephemera

 Collection
Identifier: 7085
Abstract

The Zachary Davis collection of West Coast punk ephemera consists of concert fliers and tickets, political pamphlets, promotional material for punk music-related merchandise, drawings, and zines documenting the punk subculture on the West Coast (mostly California) of the United States during the 1990s and 2000s. Zachary Davis, a member of the scene in the late 1990s and 2000s, collected the material and also created a small number of items in the collection.

Dates: 1996 - 2012

Adolph Hitler last will and testament parody flyer

 Item — Pamphlet-Binder: 1
Identifier: 6260
Abstract The Adolph Hitler last will and testament parody flyer is an illustrated parody of Hitler's will. The parody--titled "Last Will and Testament of Adolph Hitler Alias Adolph Schickelgruber"--addresses both individuals and nations, including Benito Mussolini, Emperor Hirohito, Heinrich Himmler, Hermann Göring, Joseph Goebbels, Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, France, England, and others. The immediate source of this acquisition, along with descriptions of similar flyers held elsewhere,...
Dates: 1940s

Los Angeles Master Chorale records

 Collection
Identifier: 1022
Scope and Contents

The Los Angeles Master Chorale records range from 1951-2021, and contain the organizational files of the Los Angeles Master Chorale Association, formerly known as the Southern California Choral Music Association. The collection also contains audio recordings, video recordings, photographic materials, educational materials, press clippings, memorabilia, and ephemera related to the performances and organizational activities of the organization.

Dates: 1951 - 2021

Sang Joon Park collection on Korean science fiction

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 3374
Abstract A collection of 79 pamphlets, leaflets, event programs, fliers, and other ephemera relating to Korean science fiction. The material in this collection was assembled by Sang Joon Park, the founding president of the Korea SF Association. Since its emergence in the early twentieth century, Korean science fiction has formed a significant part of the Korean cultural tradition. The material in this collection dates between 1995 and 2021. Events documented in the collection include film festivals,...
Dates: 1995 - 2021

Rock concert flyers and handbills collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 7078
Abstract A collection of 52 flyers and handbills promoting various soft, folk, and alternative rock bands and music venues in California. The material dates from the 1980s to the 1990s and features acts such as 10,000 Maniacs, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Camper Yan Beethoven, The Roches, Red Kross, Terence Trent D'Arby, World Party, Chris Isaak, Lions & Ghosts, Sleestacks, Roller, Wednesday Week, and others. Many of the flyers list event information and pictures of the bands, but a few consist of a...
Dates: 1980s-1990s

Keith Royer collection on Southern California scootering and youth subculture

 Collection
Identifier: 7139
Abstract The Keith Royer collection on Southern California scootering and youth subculture documents several decades of vintage scooter culture and the diverse aspects of the subculture as it relates to music, fashion, politics, and youth communities. Keith Royer has been a scooter rider, collector, and bike mechanic since the mid-1980s and a patched club member of the Pharaohs Scooter Club of San Diego since 1995. The Pharaohs Scooter Cult was formed on December 23, 1993 at Hill Street Coffee House...
Dates: 1985 - 2022

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USC Libraries Special Collections 5
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Subject
Printed ephemera 5
Ephemera 4
Magazines (periodicals) 3
Photograph albums 3
Alternative rock music -- California -- Archival resources 2
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Digital images 2
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Moving images 2
Pamphlets 2
Photographs 2
Posters 2
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Punk culture and art -- California -- Archival resources 2
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Advertisements 1
Advertising -- Electric household appliances -- Archival resources 1
Advertising -- Soap -- Archival resources 1
Advertising -- United States -- 19th century -- Archival resources 1
Advertising -- United States -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
Brochures 1
California, Southern -- Transportation -- Archival resources 1
Choirs (Music) -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
Choral conducting -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
Choral music -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
Choral societies -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
Clippings (information artifacts) 1
Clippings files 1
Comic books 1
Dance -- United States -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
Dance companies -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
Dancers -- United States -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
Dancers -- United States -- 20th century -- Photographs 1
Fantasy literature -- Archival resources 1
Film festivals -- Korea (South) -- Archival resources 1
Folk dancing, Romani -- United States -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
Folk dancing, Spanish -- United States -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
Folk-rock music -- California -- Archival resources 1
Handbills 1
Leaflets (printed works) 1
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Social life and customs -- Archival resources 1
Motor scootering -- California, Southern -- Archival resources 1
Motor scooters -- California, Southern -- Archival resources 1
Motor vehicles -- California -- Archival resources 1
Newspapers 1
Performing arts -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
Photographic postcards 1
Postcards 1
Promotional materials 1
Punk rock music -- California -- Archival resources 1
Rock concerts -- California -- Archival resources 1
Rock music -- California -- Archival resources 1
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Social life and customs -- Archival resources 1
San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
Science fiction -- Film adaptations -- Archival resources 1
Science fiction conventions -- Korea (South) -- Archival resources 1
Science fiction films -- Korea (South) -- Archival resources 1
Science fiction, Korean -- Archival resources 1
Scrapbooks 1
Sound recordings 1
T-shirts 1
Textiles 1
Video recordings (physical artifacts) 1
Videotapes 1
Women in advertising -- United States -- 19th century -- Archival resources 1
Women in advertising -- United States -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Archival resources 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Caricatures and cartoons 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Parodies, imitations, etc. 1
Youth movements -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
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Language
German 1
Korean 1
 
Names
Cansino, Eduardo, 1893-1968 1
Cansino, Elisa, 1894- 1
Cansino, Gabriel, 1913?-1963 1
Churchill, Winston (Winston Leonard Spencer), 1874-1965 1
Currie, John (1934-08-02-2020-05-17) 1