The Oscar Frisbee Show/Maryland's Largest Local TV Variety Show/Monday thru Friday 3 PM, circa 1950s
Abstract
Advertising poster for Baltimore’s Channel 13-WAAM weekday variety show called The Oscar Frisbee Show. Poster features Mack Edwards, Gene Bonner and His Orchestra, and Tex Daniels and his Lazy H Ranch Boys. Two newspaper clippings about the variety show are included with the poster.
Dates
- circa 1950s
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research use.
Extent
1 Items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession # 2021-021-LIB
Scope and Contents
The earliest posters in the collection feature Leonora Jackson, one of the first female violinists to gain international fame, circa 1900-1915. The most recent poster is a 2020 Black Lives Matter poster. In between is everything from a 1968 Nixon/Agnew campaign poster, to Baltimore City Fair posters from the 1970s, to a poster from the U.S. Pro Cycle Championship held in Baltimore in 1982.
The bulk of the posters in the collection, over 1,000, are World War I and World War II era propaganda posters. Most were produced by the U.S. Government; the collection also consists of privately printed posters, both from the United States and abroad.
Repository Details
Part of the H. Furlong Baldwin Library Repository
H. Furlong Baldwin Library
Maryland Center for History and Culture
610 Park Avenue
Baltimore MD 21201 United States
4106853750
specialcollections@mdhistory.org