A 1936 American Labor Party poster at the New York Historical Society exhibition “Art as Activism: Graphic Art from the Merrill C. Berman Collection”

This poster comes from an exhibition featuring a selection of 71 posters dating from the 1930s to the 1970s. Drawn from the singular collection of Merrill C. Berman, an investor from Rye, New York, the works demonstrate the role visual art has played in political and protest movements throughout the United States. Treated as art objects, the posters are framed and displayed like paintings, offering a rich alternative history of the past century in America.