These fantastic posters, were given to the City of New York by the Container Corporation of America. The New York Times reported On April 24, 1969, that the first 10 of a planned total of 50 were presented at a ceremony in City Hall. They were to be displayed in public places throughout the city including subway platforms and community clubs.
I was able to track down nine of the first ten, and have no idea if the other 40 were ever produced. The series, titled “Aspects of New York City ,” is in the collection of MoMA, but not viewable online. Posters Please has, has most of these for sale. They may not all be masterpieces, but I think quite a few are total knockouts. And although the nine posters make for a very nice grid, I’m still (as they might say at the Minyan) looking for the tenth.
The soup photo, above, left, was sent to me by Terry Rosen. Her title, 'Kneidleachness Monster,' made me not even care that it's really a matzo ball snowman. Besides, it's creepy enough to pass for a monster. (Photo by Joyce Lapinsky Lewis)
Fifty years ago, President Kennedy signed an Executive Order establishing the Peace Corps. The selection of posters calling for Peace Corps Volunteers and Partners over the years, is from the organization’s digital collection. Except for a series produced by Young & Rubicam in the late 1960s, there’s very little in the way of attribution for design. I’ve included dates where available.
1980s
Designed in 1968, by Bernie Zlotnick while he worked at Young & Rubicam.
Also by Young & Rubicam, 1968.
In the copy with “The Peace Corps ruined my Bernie’s life,” Bernie’s mom explains how she had everything worked out for him—whom he would marry, where he would live (two blocks from her), she even had the furniture picked out. 1968.
This 1970 Peter Max poster was not an official Peace Corps issue. The artist has produced many posters throughout the years for various causes to which the proceeds are donated.
As we mark the sesquicentennial of each southern state’s secession, it might seem like the year ahead is shaping up to be wall-to-wall Civil War. But there’s so much more in the way of ‘Anniversary Journalism’ for us to rehash over the next twelve months. Here’s a look ahead at what we’ll be looking back on, in 2011.
Events are arranged by month, regardless of year, to reflect the order of expected media onslaught.
Above is a Civil War recruiting poster from 1862. I couldn’t hold it for next year—by then we’ll be on to the bicentennial of the War of 1812.
January 17, 1961
I know. You’ve heard the phrase “military industrial complex”
enough this year, to last you a lifetime. But if you haven’t watched
the actual clip, you MUST.
January 20, 1961 John F. Kennedy inauguration.
January 28, 1986 It's hard to believe that it's been 25 years since the Challenger exploded.
February 4, 1911 Centennial of Ronald Reagan’s birth.
March 1, 1961 The Peace Corps is established. Poster, above
May 23, 1911 The first Indy 500 was held at the Speedway on Memorial Day.
May 24, 1941 Bob Dylan, here on a “poster dress” from 1967, turns 70.
July 2, 1961 Hemingway’s death, by self-inflicted gunshot wound, rated a front-page New York Times obit.
July 3, 1971 Jim Morrison dies in Paris at the age of 27. At the time of his death there were reportedly as many as 20 paternity actions pending against him. (Wikipedia)
