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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: Michael Baker film poster collection
Identifier/Call Number: 2318
Physical Description:
261.458 Linear Feet
193 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1940s-1990s
Abstract: This collection consists of promotional one sheets (27x41), three sheets (41x81), six sheets (81x81), pressbooks, and window
cards of various films released from the 1940s through the 1990s.
Language of Material:
English.
This collection consists of promotional one sheets (27x41), three sheets (41x81), six sheets (81x81), folded 30x40 and 40x60
posters, pressbooks, and window cards of various films released from the 1940s through the 1990s. The items were originally
part of a collection owned by a movie memorabilia store in Houston, Texas. Some of the titles represented in the collection
are:
The Three Caballeros (1944)
The Third Man (1949)
Spartacus (1960)
8½ (1963)
Cabaret (1972)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Heavy Metal (1981)
Return of the Jedi (1983)
Jurassic Park (1993)
Materials are grouped by format and arranged alphabetically, along with a small number of promotional film stills as 8x11
negatives and prints located in boxes 164-167. Also present is a corresponding 4x6 photographic index of posters found in
boxes 172 - 179.
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Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library
at cin@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cinematic Arts Library as the owner of the physical items
and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Michael Baker, February 16, 2007.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Michael Baker film poster collection, Collection no. 2318, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries,
University of Southern California.
Collection is partially processed.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Motion picture posters
Theatrical posters
Promotional materials
Advertising -- Motion pictures -- Archival resources