Emmett McBain Afro-American Advertising Poster Collection
name: label: Creator
content: McBain, Emmett
label: Names
content: Burrell McBain Advertising (Chicago, Ill.)
label: Names
content: McDonald's Corporation.
place: label: Place
content: Chicago (Ill.) -- Art festivals -- 1970-1980
title: label: Topic
content: Marlboro (cigarette brand)
label: Topic
content: Black Folk Us (Chicago arts festival)
topic: label: Topic
content: African Americans -- 1970-1980
label: Topic
content: Art festivals -- 1970-1980 -- Illinois -- Chicago
label: Topic
content: Cigarettes -- advertising -- 1970-1980
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by Mr. Emmett McBain in 1985.
creator: label: Creator
content: McBain, Emmett
setName: label: See more items in
content: Emmett McBain Afro-American Advertising Poster Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: Collection of Emmett McBain art supervisor and creative consultant for J.W. Thompson and Shoft Sheen Products, co-founder of Burrell McBain Advertising, Chicago, Illinois.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Emmett McBain has been an art supervisor for the J.W. Thompson advertising agency in Detroit, a creative consultant for Soft Sheen Products, and co-founder of Burrell McBain Advertising in Chicago.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.5 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1971 - 1976
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0192
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Advertisements
label: Type
content: Posters
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by C. A. Orr, June 19, 1989
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Advertisements -- 1950-2000
label: Genre/Form
content: Posters -- 1960-1980
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This collection contains examples of advertisements done by McBain for McDonald, Malboro, and a Chicago Arts Festival entitled "Black Folk Us." The nine posters in the collection date from 1971 to 1976.