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Guide to the Triangle Poster Company Photographs c1930-1990

Repository
Heinz History Center
Title
Triangle Poster Company Photographs
Creator
Triangle Poster Company
Collection Number
MSS 0787
Extent
.75 linear feet (2 boxes)
Date
c1930-1990
Abstract
The Triangle Poster Company is a Pittsburgh-based printing company which designed posters for circus performances, traveling road shows, and auto races around Pennsylvania and other states. The Triangle Poster Company photographs are primarily prints and photographs of the posters and the company's workspace.
Language
The material in this collection is in English.
Author
The guide to this collection was written by Sarah Ecklund.
Sponsor
This collection has been made accessible as part of an NHPRC-funded Basic Processing grant.
Publisher
Heinz History Center
Address
1212 Smallman St.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222
library@heinzhistorycenter.org
URL: https://www.heinzhistorycenter.org

Scope and Content Notes

The Triangle Poster Company Photographs contain scrapbooks and photographs of prints and advertisements for circus performances, road shows, auto races, and shops. The oversized scrapbook dates from the 1930s and depicts the company advertising car and store fronts around downtown Pittsburgh. Other photographs are of various prints and roadside advertisements. The Triangle Poster Company has featured their prints at the IISA (International Independent Showmen's Association) in Florida. The collection also contains two oversize images of the 1937 convention of the International Alliance of Bill Posters, Billers, and Distributors.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Museum Transfer from Triangle Poster Company Photographs in 2004.

Archives accession # 2004.0099

Preferred Citation

Triangle Poster Company Photographs, c1930-1990, MSS 0787 , Thomas and Katherine Detre Library and Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center

Processing Information

Preliminary processing by Sarah Ecklund on 05/17/12.

Conditions Governing Use

Property rights reside with the Senator John Heinz History Center. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and their heirs. For permission to reproduce or publish, please contact the Thomas and Katherine Detre Library and Archives of the Senator John Heinz History Center.

Separated Materials

The oversize images have been stored separately.

Subjects

    Corporate Names

    • Triangle Poster Company (Pittsburgh, Pa.)

    Geographic Names

    • Pittsburgh (Pa.)

    Other Subjects

    • Commercial art.
    • Advertising--Circus
    • Advertising -- Posters.

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