Poster collection

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Collection

Title

Poster collection

Date(s)

  • 1939-2002 (Creation)

Extent

514 posters

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Scope and content

This collection contains a wide variety of posters advertising events, political elections, travel destinations, organizations, and corporations, pertaining in particular to Florida, South America, Central America, the Caribbean, Spain, and Vietnam.

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Conditions governing access

This collection is open for research.

Physical access

This collection is kept in an off-campus storage facility. Please contact Special Collections at asc.library@miami.edu with the boxes you are interested in prior to your visit, and allow up to 1 week for delivery of materials.

Technical access

Conditions governing reproduction

University of Miami does not own copyright. It is incumbent on the user to obtain copyright from the original creators.

Languages of the material

  • English
  • Spanish
  • Vietnamese

Scripts of the material

  • Latin

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Archivist's note

Finding aid created by Yvette Yurubi, Processing Archivist, 02-16-24.

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