Poster advertising the AIDS Memorial Quilt events
date: label: Date
content: 1996
name: label: Created by
content: The NAMES Project Foundation, American, founded 1987
label: Subject of
content: Marlon Riggs, American, 1957 - 1994
notes: label: Description
content: A color poster on glossy paper advertising the AIDS Memorial Quilt event. The poster front features a close up of the eye of a needle with a piece of red thread strung through it, resting on white fabric. The thread shape resembles that of an AIDS awareness ribbon - loop at top with ends over lapping and pointing in two different directions. Black type in the top left corner reads: [THE NAMES PROJECT / AIDS MEMORIAL / QUILT. / NOT ALL BATTLES ARE FOUGHT WITH A SWORD.] Black type in the bottom right corner reads: [OCTOBER 11 - 13, 1996 / WASHINGTON, DC / NATIONAL MALL / A three-day display of the entire AIDS Memorial Quilt. / All memorial panels received by May 31, 1996 will be shown on the Mall. / Call the NAMES Project at: 415-8825500 / (The Names Project logo) / For travel information and the best hotel and airline prices, call: 1-800-926-2631]. A United Airlines logo is located in the bottom center. The entire poster is bordered by a thick black solid line. The back of the poster is blank.
place: label: Place used
content: National Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Health
label: Topic
content: Humanitarianism
label: Topic
content: Identity
label: Topic
content: LGBTQ
label: Topic
content: Local and regional
label: Topic
content: Sexuality
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1969-2001
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements
label: Movement
content: HIV/AIDS Activist Movement
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Jack Vincent in memory of Marlon Riggs
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.169.5
objectType: label: Type
content: posters
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 17 × 11 in. (43.2 × 27.9 cm)