Billboard Collection

Scottish Circus in Krasnoiarsk, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Scottish Circus in Krasnoiarsk, 1916. From a collection iwhich ncludes more than four hundred photographs of daily life in Yenisei Province in the late tsarist period

Willliamsbridge looking towards Gun Hill Road, Bronx, New York, c1907. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Willliamsbridge looking towards Gun Hill Road, Bronx, New York, c1907. Roadside billboards for Beech-Nut sliced Bacon; Sherwin-Williams Paints & Varnishes; Acker

Demonstration garden, Bryant Park, 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue, New York, New York, 1918. Men in garden sponsored by the National War Garden Commission during World War I

One of three families camped behind a billboard on U.S. 99, Kern County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
One of three families camped behind a billboard on U.S. 99. Kern County, California

Idle men attend the morning movies, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Idle men attend the morning movies. There are three such movies in one block. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. ['Air cooled cinema showing "Desert Guns" starring Conway Tearle

Billboard sign, Southern California, near Los Angeles, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Billboard sign. Southern California, near Los Angeles. [African American maid answering the telephone: They's mostly out since they got that new Ford V.8 (motor car)]

Three families camped on the plains along US 99 in California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Three families camped on the plains along U.S. 99 in California. They are camped behind a billboard which serves as a partial windbreak. All are in need of work

Migrant agricultural workers home, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant agricultural workers home. California. [Makeshift shelter built behind an advertising hoarding: Cyanogas - The Real Hopper Control']

Citrus workers in winter quarters, near Lindsay, Tulare County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Near Lindsay, California. Citrus workers in winter quarters. (Tulare County). [Signs: New Chevrolet Trucks for 1939 - Higher Quality - Lower Prices';...'for Enduring Peace - The American

Winter quarters, migratory agricultural workers, beside the highway, Tulare County, CA, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tulare County. Winter quarters, migratory agricultural workers. Beside the highway. Tulare County, California. [Signs: New Chevrolet Trucks for 1939 - Higher Quality - Lower Prices';...'for

Toward Los Angeles, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Toward Los Angeles, California. ['Next Time Try the Train - Relax - Southern Pacific']

The new theatre, a government-sponsored revival, San Bernardino, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The new theatre, a government-sponsored revival. San Bernardino, California. ['Federal Theatre Players - now showing - The Best in Stage Shows - Prices 10c, 20c, 30c

Billboard on U.S. Highway 99, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Billboard on U.S. Highway 99, California. ['Young People...Promote World Friendship - Attend Christian Endeavour...Prepare for Leadership...']

Signboards in San Francisco, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Signboards in San Francisco, California. ['Play Safe!! Prevent Violent Picketing - Vote No on No, 19; Tues March 9'

Billboard on U.S. Highway 99 in California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Billboard on U.S. Highway 99 in California. National advertising campaign sponsored by the National Association of Manufacturers

Billboard along U.S. 99...three destitute families...Kern County, CA, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Billboard along U.S. 99 behind which three destitute families of migrants are camped. Kern County, California

Billboard along U.S. 99...three destitute families...Kern County, CA, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Billboard along U.S. 99 behind which three destitute families of migrants are camped. Kern County, California. [Advertisement: Next Time Try the Train - Travel While You Sleep - Southern Pacific']

Billboard along U.S. 99...three destitute families...Kern County, CA, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Billboard along U.S. 99 behind which three destitute families of migrants are camped. Kern County, California. [Advertisement: Next Time Try the Train - Travel While You Sleep - Southern Pacific']

Billboard along U.S. 99 behind which three destitute families... Kern County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Billboard along U.S. 99 behind which three destitute families of migrants are camped. Kern County, California. [Advertisement: Next Time Try the Train - Travel While You Sleep - Southern Pacific']

A note on transportation, Eden, Alabama, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
A note on transportation. Eden, Alabama. [Advertisement for Ford V8 car in background]

Billboard on U.S. Highway 99 in California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Billboard on U.S. Highway 99 in California. National advertising campaign sponsored by National Association of Manufacturers

Billboard on U.S. Highway 99 in California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Billboard on U.S. Highway 99 in California. National advertising campaign sponsored by National Association of Manufacturers

Three families camped on the plains along US99 in California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Three families camped on the plains along U.S. 99 in California

Three families camped on the plains along US99 in California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Three families camped on the plains along U.S. 99 in California. They are camped behind a billboard which serves as a partial windbreak. All are in need of work

Three families camped on the plains along US 99 in California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Three families camped on the plains along U.S. 99 in California. They are camped behind a billboard which serves as a partial windbreak. All are in need of work

Three families camped on the plains along US 99 in California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Three families camped on the plains along U.S. 99 in California. They are camped behind a billboard which serves as a partial windbreak. All are in need of work

Three families camped on the plains along US 99 in California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Three families camped on the plains along U.S. 99 in California. They are camped behind a billboard which serves as a partial windbreak. All are in need of work

Toward Los Angeles, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Toward Los Angeles, California. ['Next Time Try the Train - Relax - Southern Pacific']

Roadside sign, Florida, 1936. Creator: Walker Evans
Roadside sign. Florida. [Billboard painters]

Sign in the Negro section, Daytona Beach, Florida, 1943. Creator: Gordon Parks
Daytona Beach, Florida. Sign in the Negro section

Highway gas tanks and signboard approaching town, between Tulare and Fresno on U. S. 99, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Between Tulare and Fresno on U.S. 99. Highway gas tanks and signboard approaching town. [ Standard Gasoline; Banking that is building California - 494 Branches - Bank of America - National Trust

Camped in the rain behind billboard... on U.S. 99, near Famosa, Kern County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Camped in the rain behind billboard: three families, fourteen children. On U.S. 99. Near Famosa [or Vamosa], Kern County, California

Housing for rapidly growing fringe of lettuce workers on edge of town, Salinas, California, 1939
Housing for rapidly growing fringe of lettuce workers on edge of town. There houses are built by the occupants, most of them recent migrants from the Southwest

Roadside scene, Alabama. Approach to Moundville, 1936. Creator: Walker Evans
Roadside scene, Alabama. Approach to Moundville

Paris Billboard. Creator: Viet Chu
Paris Billboard

Billboard of Sastreria Valles (tailoring), Barcelona, 1920s

Temple Bar, London, 1877, with supporting beams, advertising boards on the right and traffic passing on the street

The Bill of the Play, c1887, (1901). Artist: Mortimer L Menpes
The Bill of the Play, c1887, (1901). From Japan - A Record in Colour, by Mortimer Menpes. [Adam & Charles Black, London, 1901]

Billboard dispaying Rassemblement Nationale Populaire posters, German-occupied Paris, February 1941. The Rassmblement Nationale Populaire (RNP)

The Poster Man, c1900-1919. Artist: Henri Boutet
The Poster Man, c1900-1919. From a private collection

Billboard with men putting up propaganda posters, Paris, World War II, 1939-1945

Invasion, indeed!... 1859
Invasion, indeed! Thats a Game Two can Play at!-Why, to hear these Poodles Talk, one would Think my Bull-dog was Dead!, 1859. John Bull stands by a board displaying bills for volunteers

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