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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Tauromaquia poster collection
Identifier/Call Number: 0516
Physical Description:
1.42 Linear Feet
1 box and 1 oversize folder
Date (inclusive): 1953-1994
Abstract: This artificial collection contains graphic materials related to tauromaquia (bullfighting), chiefly consisting of 38 promotional
posters for bullfights in Tijuana, Mexico, dating from circa 1966 to 1973.
Language of Material:
English,
Spanish; Castilian.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Received from various sources. The majority of items were received as part of the Mr.and Mrs. Herbert F. Boeckmann collection,
1985.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Tauromaquia poster collection, Collection no. 0516, Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin
American Studies, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
This artificial collection contains graphic materials related to tauromaquia (bullfighting), chiefly consisting of 38 promotional
posters for bullfights in Tijuana, Mexico, dating from circa 1966 to 1973. These small posters, in English, are on card stock
measuring from approximately 9.5 x 12.75" to 16 x 22." In addition, there is a set of prints from: "Toreros: Four Water Colors
by Nico," printed and published by I.B. Fischer Co., New York City (1953); four oversize posters for a flamenco event and
bullfights at the Plaza de Toros Monumental in Spain; a poster for the "La Tauromaquia: Goya Picasso and the Bullfight" exhibit
at the Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California (Jan. 14-Feb. 18, 1987); and an undated poster for "Circus Vargas"
(April 1-3) at the Pacific Design Center Parking Lot in Los Angeles.
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 Department of Special
Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections 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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Bullfighters -- Pictorial works
Bullfights -- Pictorial works
Bullfights -- Mexico -- Tijuana (Baja California) -- Pictorial works
Bullfights -- Spain -- Pictorial works
Posters