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Artificial collection of posters and broadsides dating back to the 1890s. Includes political campaign and propaganda posters, public service announcements, protest signs and placards, movie posters and oversized business advertisements. Promotional posters give a topical overview of tourism, music, theater and film advertising in South Florida. Political posters include campaign materials and social protest signs that document diverse political viewpoints.
Highlights from the collection include Word War II propaganda posters, Department of Health issued ZIKA outbreak warning announcements, and items collected from protest movements in and around Miami-Dade County, including Anti-Castro protests, protests against BP from the 2010 oil spill, Anti-Trump rallies, 2017 Women’s March, protesting the Musilm ban and 2018 anti-gun violence in schools.
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The collection is open for research.
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Several objects from the collection are housed in HistoryMiami Museum's Object holdings.
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2017-238
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Finding Aid Authors: Jennifer Garcon.
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