Travel poster collection, 1920 to 1960

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Title:: Finding aid for the Travel poster collection
Dates:: 1920 to 1960
Creators:: Origin of collection unknown.
Abstract:
Extent:: There are three large cabinets with five drawers each stacked on top of each other in the Rare Books Room stacks. These fifteen drawers contain the vast majority of the collection. There are a number of posters scattered throughout offices and hallways at Central Library.
Language:
Preferred citation:: Finding aid for the Travel poster collection. Los Angeles Public Library

Scope and content:: The collection is notable for it breadth of countries represented and years of origin.
Biographical / historical:: Due to the unknown nature of the collection’s provenance and source of acquisition, information on the collection’s biography and history cannot be provided at this time. Do to the unknown nature of the collection’s provenance and source of acquisition, information on the collection’s biography and history can not be provided at this time.
Acquisition information:: At this time, provenance and source of acquisition is unknown, though posters entered the LAPL’s possession as early as the 1930s.

Collection Guide Author:: Finding aid created by Los Angeles Public Library staff.
Date Prepared:: 1920 to 1960
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:54 p.m.

Access and use

Restrictions:: This collection is stored on-site at the Central Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library. Some of the posters have been digitized and the material is available through appointment only: http://www.lapl.org/branches/central-library/departments/rare-books
Terms of access:: The Los Angeles Public Library makes no assertion as to being the copyright owner of this image, which is limited to personal or research use. Any other kind of use, including, but not limited to, commercial or scholarly publication in any medium or format, public exhibition, or use online or in a web site, may be subject to additional restrictions including but not limited to the copyrights held by parties other than the Library. Users are responsible for determining the existence of such rights and for obtaining any permissions and/or paying associated fees necessary for the proposed use. At this time reproductions are not available for purchase.

Preferred citation:: Finding aid for the Travel poster collection. Los Angeles Public Library

Location of this collection:: Los Angeles Public Library

Central Library

630 W. 5th Street

Los Angeles, CA 90071, US