#postercollections

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Kheel Center Poster Collections

"It's Your Union... Use It!"

Drawn from a variety of organizations, from unions to employers to government agencies, the Kheel Center poster collections are a great resource for studying the iconography of labor through time. The many ways in which workers were portrayed conveyed a certain image of themselves and offer insights into cultural assumptions and social norms of the time.

To explore the poster collections, visit this link: https://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/KCL06227g.html or https://rare.library.cornell.edu/finding-aids-for-archival-and-manuscript-collections/ and search 6227 G.

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Kheel Poster Collection

This image is from the Kheel Center Poster collections (#6227 G), a great resource for studying the iconography of labor through time. The many ways in which workers were portrayed conveys a certain image of themselves and offer insights into cultural assumptions and social norms of the time.

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Frances Perkins

Frances Perkins was the first female to hold a Presidential cabinet position, as Secretary of Labor during the Roosevelt administration. She was also industrial commissioner for the state of New York for four years, as described in the poster below. Did you know that she was a visiting lecturer at Cornell's ILR School from 1957 to 1965?

The Kheel Center contains a plethora of Perkins' records. See Collections #5017 Guide to the Frances Perkins Correspondence and Memorabilia, #/3047 AV Frances Perkins Lectures, and #5812 Interviews about Frances Perkins for more!

The poster above is from Collection #6227, the Kheel Center Poster Collection. Drawn from a variety of organizations, from unions to employers to government agencies, the Kheel Center poster collections are a great resource for studying the iconography of labor through time. The many ways in which workers were portrayed conveyed a certain image of themselves and offer insights into cultural assumptions and social norms of the time.

To explore the poster collections, check out collection #6227 G by visiting this link: https://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/KCL06227g.html.

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Yo newbies!

**NEW** Check out our Beginner's Guide to Collecting Movie Posters

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Sell your posters to us!

You have posters you want to sell?  We want to buy!

What movie titles are we looking for? Typically we only want to buy posters that we don't already have available. But there are always specific titles that we are continually on the lookout for. So if you have any of these in your collection (must be original) and you would like to sell to us let us know! 1. Drive 2011 2. Remember the Titans 2000 3. Step Brothers 2008 4. Silver Linings Playbook 2012 5. Ender's Game 2013 6. Inside Llewyn Davis 2013 7. In Bruges 2007 8. Fast and Furious 2009 9. The Butler 2013 10. No Country for Old Men 2007 11. The Hurt Locker 2009 12. Moonrise Kingdom 2012 13. Love and Basketball 2000 14. Love Actually 2003 15. Pan's Labyrinth 2006 16. That Awkward Moment 2014 17. Vampire Academy 2014