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Photograph

The Gem Theatre

Date: 1916
Description: Exterior view of entrance with displays of coming attractions and advertisements.
Poster

Apocalypse Film Poster

Date: 04 1971
Description: Poster featuring a skeleton on horseback, carrying a banner that reads, "Apocalypse". A skyline of Madison appears beneath, on fire, with the phrase "Heral...
Photograph

International Model M Truck Outside Post Office

Date: 1914
Description: Man in the driver's seat of an International model M truck parked along a sidewalk outside a post office. Loaded on the truck are sacks and wire fencing. A...
Photograph

Cole Hotel

Date: 1922
Description: Exterior of the Cole Hotel. The building features two stories, a painted sign, and a balcony. On the utility pole, there is an advertisement for the 1921 f...
Postcard

Al. Ringling Theatre

Date: 1915
Description: Photographic postcard view of the exterior of the theater. There are posters in front of the entrance. A current attraction is George Fawcett in "The Frame...
Poster

"In the Year of the Pig"

Date: 1969
Description: Poster advertising screenings of Emile de Antonio's 1969 documentary "In the Year of the Pig," as promoted by the Committee on Vietnam in New Zealand. The ...
Poster

"Dve Zebra Adamova" (Adam's Two Ribs) Film Poster

Date: 1964
Description: Czechoslovakian film poster with an illustrated image of a hand wearing two rings and balancing two hearts on the fingertips.
Poster

"Transport z ráje" (Transport from Paradise) Film Poster

Date: 1962
Description: Czechoslovakian film poster with an illustrated image of the front of a suit and tie, with a hat floating on the right. Black numbers on pink squares are o...
Poster

"Milenka" (The Mistress) Film Poster

Date: 1963
Description: Czechoslovakian film poster for the Swedish film "Alskarinnan." At the top is a cutout heart framing the waist-up photographic image of a naked woman (face...
Poster

"Přisně tajné" (For Eyes Only) Film Poster

Date: 1963
Description: Czechoslovakian film poster for the German film "Streng Geheim." Features a grainy photographic image of a hand and a face. The hand is holding a black and...
Poster

"Souhvězdí panny" (Sign of the Virgin) Film Poster

Date: 1965
Description: Czechoslovakian film poster. Black and blue close-up image of two faces, one in front of the other. Their eyes are closed and have stars pasted on the eyel...
Poster

"Je mi dvacet let" (I Am Twenty) Film Poster

Date: 1966
Description: Czechoslovakian film poster for the Soviet film "Mne dvadtsat let." Collage consisting of a photographic image of long hair with bangs pasted on top of ill...
Poster

"Obraz lāsky" (Image of Love) Film Poster

Date: 1966
Description: Czechoslovakian film poster for the English film "Image of Love." Mona Lisa wears a pink wig, and a flower, lips, small hearts and a chart are pasted on to...
Poster

"Propusten na zaruku" (Released on Bail) Film Poster

Date: 1965
Description: Czechoslovakian film poster for the German film, "Entlassen auf Bewährung." Composite image consisting of photographic faces pasted in surrealistic environ...
Poster

"Der Schatten" (The Shadow) Film Poster

Date: 1966
Description: German film poster for the Polish film, "Cien." Nine panels each containing a silhouette profile, with the last one flipped upside down. Several symbols an...
Poster

"Mister Freedom" Film Poster

Date: 1970
Description: Grove Press International Film Festival film poster for the French film. Illustrated image of a man carrying a woman. They are both dressed in red, white, ...
Photograph

Esquire Movie Theater

Date: 1973
Description: View across East Mifflin Street towards the Esquire Movie Theater. The marquee above the doors reads: "3 Academy Award Nominations including Best Actor, Ja...

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