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Posters

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 52 Collections and/or Records:

16th Annual Art Auction At UT's Spectacular, Big Music Bldg. Auditorium, 1969. (posters)

 Collection
Identifier: Ephemera 2016.014
Scope and Contents

Poster, yellow with bold lettering stating "16th Annual Art Auction At UT's Spectacular, Big Music Bldg. Auditorium 7:30 p.m. May 16," illustration of an astronaut at the top and references to "Open the Door," "2000 Space Odyssey" and "Hair," 26"h x 20"w, 1969. 1 pc.

Dates: 1969

75th Anniversary of Woman Suffrage poster

 Collection
Identifier: Ephemera 2019.071
Scope and Contents

Poster celebrating the 75th anniversary of woman suffrage, 1920-1995. Color 18 x 24”.

Dates: 1995

100 Ways to Use the Library.

 Collection
Identifier: Ephemera 2010.009
Scope and Contents

100 Ways to Use the Library. Framed poster. Gift from the Friends of the Library, May 1987, to the Centennial Celebration Committee, Knox County Public Library System, Lawson McGhee Library. Lawson McGhee Library, copyright 1986

Dates: 1986

1982 World’s Fair posters.

 Collection
Identifier: Ephemera 2013.011
Scope and Contents

Set of four 1982 World’s Fair posters. Plate 1: “Energy of the Past.” Plate II: “Energy of the Present.” Plate III: “Energy of the Future.” Plate IV: “The 1982 World’s Fair.” 21.5x22”. Embossed in lower right with ‘The 1982 World’s Fair’ and fair logo. Also a ‘contact sheet’ showing all four plates. E.H. Bunzen(?), artist. Copyright 1981. Produced by Great Graphics Corporation. Printed in Knoxville by Keith Press (donor worked for Keith Press). Gift of Chuck Stutzman.

Dates: 1982

1991 Operation Desert Storm poster. Gift of David Creekmore, 2000. (posters)

 Collection
Identifier: Ephemera 1991.001
Scope and Contents

(Posters) 1991 Operation Desert Storm poster: “Operation Desert Storm Featuring U.S. Patriot vs. Iraqi Scud. Now playing, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.” Gift of David Creekmore, 2000.

Dates: 1991

“A Walk in the Spring Rain” (poster) (1970)

 Collection
Identifier: Poster 2000.004
Scope and Contents

Color poster for the movie “A Walk in the Spring Rain,” starring Anthony Quinn and Ingrid Bergman. 1970. (fold lines) 27x41.”

Dates: 1970

‘All The Way Home.’ 1963.

 Collection
Identifier: Poster 2000.002
Scope and Contents

Color poster from the movie “All The Way Home.” Starring Jean Simmons and Robert Preston. 1963. 27x41.” Based on the novel “A Death in the Family” by James Agee. #63/304.

Dates: 1963

“Bonny Kate Pioneer Lady” by Mark Strength. Two posters for the book. Part of the Sevier Family Collection, Sevier Family Association. (posters)

 Collection
Identifier: MSC 0406f
Scope and Contents

Two color posters mounted on foam core board, advertising the book Bonny Kate: Pioneer Lady; A romantic historical novel by Mark Strength. Copyright 2008. (McClung Collection has a cataloged copy of the book). 2 pcs. Part of the Sevier Family Collection, Sevier Family Association.

Dates: 2008

Carroll King's Club (poster, drawings, and photographs, print by Jim Wyatt).

 Collection
Identifier: MSC 0355
Scope and Contents Carroll King's Club: poster, drawings, and photographs. Scope: Print by Jim Wyatt of Carroll King's bar/restaurant at 1001 South Gay Street. Folder also includes a 16 x 20 color drawing (cartoon) of some of the entertainers (with their signatures) or (people who were regular customers?): Jonathan Edwards, Jene Jones, John Richards, Joe Meibes, Marcia Henderson, Tommy Legate, and Kit Kimbell (no artist, no date); a caricature of Ellis Mayes and Carroll King on a Christmas card; an original...
Dates: 1950s

Carson Brewer poster advertising his book Just Over the Next Ridge. Signed Weintz. (posters)

 Collection
Identifier: Ephemera 2019.007
Scope and Contents

Carson Brewer poster advertising his book Just Over the Next Ridge. Signed Weintz. On silver background. Photocopied enlargement of book cover, hand -colored drawing of Carson Brewer, and back cover of book’s dust jacket. 22 x 36.” No date.

Dates: circa 1987

Downtown Revitalization [Knoxville] poster [ca. 2000]. (ephemera)

 Collection
Identifier: Q Ephemera 2003.004
Scope and Contents

“ Get Down...Town” Downtown [Knoxville] Revitalization poster [ca. 2000]. League of Women Voters, City People, K2K, Knox Heritage, Nine Counties - One Vision, East Tennessee Historical Society. 3 copies. 14 x 19.”

Dates: 2002

Edwin George Schwartzman World War I (WWI) U.S. Marine Corps certificate / poster and French WWI U.S. Marine Corps poster.

 Collection
Identifier: Ephemera 2019.020
Scope and Contents Edwin George Schwartzman (1885, Rockwood, Tenn. -1951, Coral Gables, Fla.; buried in the National Cemetery in Chattanooga, Tenn.). World War I (WWI) U.S. Marine Corps certificate / poster “Columbia Gives to Her Son The Accolade of the New Chivalry of Humanity,” “ Edwin George Schwartzman Marine Corps Served With Honor In the World War and Was Wounded In Action.” Shows woman holding manuscript in left hand and placing a sword on a soldier’s shoulder with her right hand. Union Jack and U.S....
Dates: 1918; undated

Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco Bay, 1939 (souvenir poster printed on woven reeds).

 Collection
Identifier: Ephemera 2018.010
Scope and Contents

Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco Bay, 1939 (souvenir poster printed on woven reeds)

Dates: 1939

“Great Road Style: Decorative Arts of Northeast Tennessee, 1780-1940.” (poster) (1999)

 Collection
Identifier: Poster 2000.005
Scope and Contents

Color poster. “Great Road Style: Decorative Arts of Northeast Tennessee, 1780-1940.” September 17, 1999-March 5, 2000. 17x23.”

Dates: 1999

Holston Orphanage, Poster (early 20th century).

 Collection
Identifier: Ephemera 2011.025
Scope and Contents

Tenn., Holston Orphanage, poster, early 20th cent. Photo litho illustrated poster for use in Sunday School classes that had donated 100% to the Orphanage. Heavy card board poster has original string for hanging and is in Very Good condition

Dates: 1920

Homecoming ‘86 poster (”Tennessee: A Place to Come Home To” by Archie Campbell)

 Collection
Identifier: Q Ephemera 1986.001
Scope and Contents

Homecoming ‘86 poster (1986) ”Tennessee: A Place to Come Home To” by Archie Campbell. Color

Dates: 1986

Homecoming ‘86 posters (“Pride in the Past” by James T. Chandler’ Tennessee Homecoming ‘86 by M. Sloan).

 Collection
Identifier: Ephemera 1986.001
Scope and Contents

Posters from Tennessee Homecoming ‘86 (1986): “Pride in the Past” picturing a log cabin painted by James T. Chandler, 1985. Color 16 x 20”; Tennessee Homecoming ‘86 by M. Sloan (2 copies) color 14 x 23.”

Dates: 1986

J. B. & W. G. Brownlow poster/placard “For Rent.”

 Collection
Identifier: Artifact 1995.001
Scope and Contents

Poster “For Rent see J .B. & W. G. Brownlow 302 W. Clinch Ave.”

Dates: 1900 - 1930

James Agee Celebration poster, April 2005.

 Collection
Identifier: Ephemera 2005.006
Scope and Contents

Poster for the James Agee Celebration, a community-wide celebration. University of Tennessee poster. April 2005. 1 pc.

Dates: 2005

Knoxville Gay Pride, Knoxville Gay Bars, a History in Posters.

 Collection
Identifier: MSC 0564
Scope and Contents

Knoxville Gay Pride, Knoxville Gay Bars, a History in Posters 

Dates: 1980-2000

Lamar House - Bijou Theatre

 Collection
Identifier: Q Ephemera 2020.003
Scope and Contents Six posters, mailers or blue prints from the Lamar House - Bijou Theatre from the 1980s:Sidewalk Dance Theatre 1985, poster 26” w x 21”h Doubled-sided mailer for Bijou Series 1986, folded 11.5” w x 7.5" h, unfolded 29” w x 23” h “In Celebration of the Restoration of the Lamar House - Bijou Theatre, Knoxville, Tennessee”, no date, poster 21” w x 35” h (very nice, suitable for framing) Dogwoods Arts Festival, Jazz at the Bijou series, autographed by Woody Herman, 1986, poster...
Dates: 1980s

Local Posters, record 3 (see listing below)

 Collection
Identifier: Q Ephemera 1984.003
Scope and Contents

Local Posters, folder 5: 22. “Knoxville’s A’Bloom: Dogwood Arts Festival, April 13-29, 1984.” Design by Mitch McCampbell, illustration by Frank Mendeola 23. “Knoxville Speed,” Family Night. Knoxville Speed (skaters) vs. Fort Wayne Komets, no date. 24. “Way To Go Vols,” printed on the back of : The Goal Post , Special Edition: “Vols #1 Nat’l Champs,” Jan. 4, 1999. (football) 25. “City of Knoxville Expo 10,000,” Knoxville Track Club, 1990 (on heavy board)

Dates: 1984-1999

National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, color poster. “A Century of Service, 1890-1990.” Gift of James White DAR. (Posters)

 Collection
Identifier: Ephemera 1992.001
Scope and Contents

(Posters) National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, color poster. “A Century of Service, 1890-1990.” Gift of James White D.A.R.

Dates: 1990

National World War II Memorial, Washington, D.C. Artist’s rendering by Michael McCann, 1998. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Armistead, February 2000. (posters)

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Identifier: Ephemera 2019.083
Scope and Contents

Posters. National World War II Memorial, Washington, DC. Artist’s rendering by Michael McCann, 1998. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Armistead, February 2000.

Dates: 1998

“Pick Tennessee Products” posters.

 Collection
Identifier: Ephemera 2019.003
Scope and Contents

Poster labeled “Pick Tennessee Products” with photograph of Martha Sundquist and caption “At our house, we pick Tennessee products.” Color. 16 x 20” 5 copies. Ca. 1996.

Dates: circa 1996

Poster of Catherine Wiley’s "Summer Day At Newport, 1913." (posters)

 Collection
Identifier: Ephemera 2019.077
Scope and Contents

Poster of Catherine Wiley’s ‘Summer Day At Newport, 1913.’ Color; 29.5 x 28” 1988. 1 pc.

Dates: 1913

Poster to urge saving the historic J. Allen Smith House. Knox Heritage. 2002. (ephemera)

 Collection
Identifier: Q Ephemera 2003.003
Scope and Contents

Poster to urge saving the historic J. Allen Smith House. Knox Heritage. 2002. 17 x 12.” Features an art print of the house. 2 copies.

Dates: 2002

Posters

 Collection
Identifier: Ephemera 2019.084
Scope and Contents

Posters: 1. Miss USA Pageant poster, May 12, 1983, Knoxville, Tenn. 17 x 22.” Miss USA poster was transferred from East Tennessee Historical Society (originally donated to ETHS by Sam Maynard, Knoxville, May 2, 2002). 2. Sable Chanel poster of B&W photographs [taken by Jan Lynch]. No date. 16 x 20.” 3. One Night Stand poster, September 25, 1993. Photograph by Jan Lynch. 14 x 20.”

Dates: 1983, 1993

Posters. 1982 World’s Fair.

 Collection
Identifier: Ephemera 2019.031
Scope and Contents

Two posters from ETHS: Sunsphere (drawing), 1982 World’s Fair. Color. 1 pc. (tear at bottom). 22 x 34” Great Kings of Africa. Produced by Budweiser. Calendar at bottom. (for 1982 World’s Fair?). Color 1 pc. 22.5 x 36” + 1 poster: A duplicate copy of the 1982 Sunsphere poster (above) was added (Jan. 2012). No donor information.

Dates: 1982

Posters. Architecture. (Dulin Gallery of Art, Historic Knoxville, Historic Homes, Candle Light Tours, Old North Knoxville walking tour)

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Identifier: Q Ephemera 1980.001
Scope and Contents

Posters: Architecture: 1. “ Neo-classical mansion, designed by John Russell Pope ... completed in 1917... Dulin Gallery of Art.” Poster by (Toberight?), 1980. 2. “Tradition, Innovation, and Romantic Images: The Architecture of Historic Knoxville,” 1991. Frank H. McClung Museum, University of Tennessee (3 copies) 3. “Historic Homes of Knoxville, 1999 Candlelight Tours.” Homes on the tour are listed. (2 copies) 4. “Come Walk With Us,” Annual Old North Knoxville walking tour, no date.

Dates: 1980-1999