The advertising archive offers essential visual and primary documentation of the Pacific Cooperative Poultry Producers (PCPP) and Pacific Egg Producers (PEP) cooperative which drew upon at least 50,000 family poultry farmers and egg producers across the Pacific Northwest and California.

2 Volumes [Approx. 200 leaves], w/ over 270 photographs preserved in archival mylar sleeves, sized from 2.5 x 2.5 in. up to 8 x 10 in., some clipped and mounted for camera-ready copy, others marked w/ grease pencil markings in margins, or on image, others blocked out in white, in preparation for engraving plate, many w/ pencil and/or ink annotations on versos, others w/in negative, many w/ photographer's stamps on versos, and the majority feature the label, or stamp for the Beaver Engraving Co.; two 4 x 5 in. film negatives, many different pieces of letterhead for coop, envelopes, press releases, assorted original advertising and camera-ready advertising and promotional art for the co-op, assorted ads.

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Collection is open for research.