A silkscreened poster by the UK's Poster Collective featuring images of labor protest plus music and lyrics from the iconic labor song "Which Side Are You On?" which was written by Appalachian activist Florence Reece in 1931. The poster also shows a large image of Sara Ogan Gunning, a singer and songwriter from the coal mining country of Eastern Kentucky. The song includes the lyrics "Come all of you good workers, good news to you. I'll tell, of how the good old union has come here to dwell. Which side.....
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A charming 1954 oversize event poster for the Teatro Greco di Siracusa (the Greek Theatre of Syracuse, Italy), promoting productions of Prometeo Incatenato (Prometheus Bound) and Antigone presented by the Istituto Nazionale del Dramma Antico (National Institute of Ancient Drama). With a who's who list of Italian actors, directors and composers involved, including Vittorio Gassman, Luigi Squarzina, Goffredo Petrassi, Gennaro Perrotta, Mario Chiari, Guido Salvini and Fiorenzo Carpi. The Teatro Greco di Siracusa, a classic example of traditional Greek amphitheater architecture, overlooks the city of Syracuse in southeastern Sicily. It.....
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A set of ten poster-sized Speedball Lettering Charts (Nos. 1-10) published in 1941 (Nos. 1-6) and 1957 (Nos. 7-10). Culled from the series of lessons that originally appeared in the 1930s/'40s Speedball textbook "Modern Lettering and Poster Design." The Hunt Pen Company was the manufacturer of Speedball pens, inks, linoleum cutters and Boston pencil sharpeners. The how-to lettering textbooks were an early and essential resource for designers and sign painters. The famous Speedball lettering textbooks were published throughout the 20th Century, and as of 1999 was in its 23rd edition.....
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