Single or multi-sheet notices made to attract attention to events, activities, causes, goods, or services; also, purely decorative posters. For posting, usually in a public place; chiefly pictorial. Intended to make an immediate impression from a distance.
Broader Terms
Pictures (15435)
Narrower Terms
Performing arts posters (27),
Sports posters (12),
Political posters (10),
Exhibition posters (3),
War posters (2),
Billboard posters (1),
Book & magazine posters (1)
Related Terms
Broadsides (1),
Ephemera (2972),
Signs (Notices) (913)
This record is part of the Thesaurus for Graphic Materials I: Subject Terms (TGM) compiled by the Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. more>