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Emmett McBain design papers

Emmett McBain became a prominent African American advertising designer, working as a designer for Vince Cullers and Associates, an art supervisor for J. W. Thompson in Detroit, and a creative consultant for Soft Sheen Products. This collection consists of various visual advertisements designed by McBain, primarily print ads, transparencies of bill boards and record album covers.

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Advertisement for Renese once-a-day thiazide
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Design and layout for a display advertisement for Renese-R (polythiazide) medication.
Date:
circa 1968
Collection:
Emmett McBain design papers, 1961-2000
Access:
Public access
Advertisement for Renese once-a-day thiazide
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Design and layout for a display advertisement for Renese-R (polythiazide) medication.
Date:
circa 1968
Collection:
Emmett McBain design papers, 1961-2000
Access:
Public access
Advertisement for Renese once-a-day thiazide
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Design and layout for a display advertisement for Renese-R (polythiazide) medication.
Date:
circa 1968
Collection:
Emmett McBain design papers, 1961-2000
Access:
Public access
Afterjail, Official Travel Guide
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Front cover artwork for Afterjail, a guide for women.
Date:
1975
Collection:
Emmett McBain design papers, 1961-2000
Access:
Public access
Black is Beautiful advertisement
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Display advertisement with text "Black is Beautiful"
Date:
circa 1968
Collection:
Emmett McBain design papers, 1961-2000
Access:
Public access
Blockbuster Movies, advertisement for WGN-TV
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Design and layout for a billboard advertisement for blockbuster movies featured on Chicago television station WGN-TV.
Date:
1980s
Collection:
Emmett McBain design papers, 1961-2000
Access:
Public access
Bold Cold, cigarette advertisement
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Display advertisement for Newport cigarettes.
Date:
1968
Collection:
Emmett McBain design papers, 1961-2000
Access:
Public access
Breakthrough Movies, advertisement for WGN-TV
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Design and layout for a billboard advertisement for movies featured on Chicago television station WGN-TV, with an illustration of actor Jack Nicholson in the film "The Shining".
Date:
1980s
Collection:
Emmett McBain design papers, 1961-2000
Access:
Public access
Caravan: Eddie Layton at the Hammond Organ, album cover
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Front cover design and artwork for the record album "Caravan: Eddie Layton at the Hammond Organ".
Date:
1960
Collection:
Emmett McBain design papers, 1961-2000
Access:
Public access
Cool ain't Cold, cigarette advertisement
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Display advertisement for Newport cigarettes.
Date:
circa 1968
Collection:
Emmett McBain design papers, 1961-2000
Access:
Public access
Cool ain't Cold, cigarette advertisement
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Display advertisement for Newport cigarettes.
Date:
1970
Collection:
Emmett McBain design papers, 1961-2000
Access:
Public access
Entertain on a Grand Scale; Canadian Club whiskey advertisement
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Design and layout for a display advertisement for Canadian Club whiskey.
Date:
1992-1993
Collection:
Emmett McBain design papers, 1961-2000
Access:
Public access
Feed Your Face.; SkinFood Cosmetics advertisement
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Design and layout for a two-page display advertisement for SkinFood Cosmetics, with an illustration of a woman putting skin cream on her face.
Collection:
Emmett McBain design papers, 1961-2000
Access:
Public access
Get Down with Something Good, McDonald's advertisement
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Display advertisement for McDonald's restaurant featuring kids from Chicago's Carver Day Camp.
Date:
1973
Collection:
Emmett McBain design papers, 1961-2000
Access:
Public access
Get Down with Something Good, McDonald's advertisement
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Display advertisement for McDonald's restaurant.
Date:
1973
Collection:
Emmett McBain design papers, 1961-2000
Access:
Public access
Good to the Flora, Bad to the Pathogens; advertisement for Vibramycin
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Design and layout for a two-page display advertisement for Vibramycin (doxycycline) medication.
Date:
circa 1968
Collection:
Emmett McBain design papers, 1961-2000
Access:
Public access
High Caliber Movies, advertisement for WGN-TV
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Design and layout for a billboard advertisement for movies featured on Chicago television station WGN-TV, with an illustration of actor Clint Eastwood holding a gun.
Date:
circa 1986
Collection:
Emmett McBain design papers, 1961-2000
Access:
Public access
How many of your arthritic patients could do a little cha-cha-cha without pain?, advertisement for Arthralgen
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Design and layout for a a folded mailer advertising Arthralgen arthritis medication.
Date:
1966
Collection:
Emmett McBain design papers, 1961-2000
Access:
Public access
How many of your arthritic patients could do a little cha-cha-cha without pain?, advertisement for Arthralgen
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Design and layout for a two-page display advertisement for Arthralgen arthritis medication.
Date:
1966
Collection:
Emmett McBain design papers, 1961-2000
Access:
Public access
How many of your arthritic patients could enjoy Japanese paper folding without pain?, advertisement for Arthralgen
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Design and layout for a a folded mailer advertising Arthralgen arthritis medication.
Date:
1966
Collection:
Emmett McBain design papers, 1961-2000
Access:
Public access
How many of your arthritic patients could perform this simple test without pain?, advertisement for Arthralgen
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Design and layout for a two-page display advertisement for Arthralgen arthritis medication.
Date:
circa 1966
Collection:
Emmett McBain design papers, 1961-2000
Access:
Public access
If Beauty Is Only Skin Deep, Who Needs A Brain?, Neutrogena advertisement
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Design and layout for a two-page display advertisement for Neutrogena skin care products with an image of an American Beauty Queen Barbie doll.
Date:
circa 1991
Collection:
Emmett McBain design papers, 1961-2000
Access:
Public access
Intense activity where infection strikes most often; advertisement for Rondomycin
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Design and layout for a two-page display advertisement for Rondomycin (methacycline) medication.
Date:
circa 1968
Collection:
Emmett McBain design papers, 1961-2000
Access:
Public access
Jamal At The Pershing Volume Two, album cover
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Front cover design for the Ahmad Jamal Trio record album "Jamal At The Pershing, Volume Two".
Date:
1961
Collection:
Emmett McBain design papers, 1961-2000
Access:
Public access
Kent smokes... cigarette advertisement
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Display advertisement for Kent cigarettes.
Date:
1970
Collection:
Emmett McBain design papers, 1961-2000
Access:
Public access
Kent smokes... cigarette advertisement
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Display advertisement for Kent cigarettes.
Date:
1969
Collection:
Emmett McBain design papers, 1961-2000
Access:
Public access
Lions & Tigers & Bears, advertisement for National Geographic Specials on WGN-TV
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Design and layout for a billboard advertisement for National Geographic Specials featured on Chicago television station WGN-TV.
Date:
1980s
Collection:
Emmett McBain design papers, 1961-2000
Access:
Public access
Mighty High, Milt Buckner album cover
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Front cover design and artwork for the Milt Buckner record album "Mighty High".
Date:
1960
Collection:
Emmett McBain design papers, 1961-2000
Access:
Public access
Original Jazz Score From Shotgun Slade, Stanley Wilson and his Orchestra, album cover
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Front cover design and artwork for the record album by Stanley Wilson and his Orchestra "The Original Jazz Score From Shotgun Slade".
Date:
1960
Collection:
Emmett McBain design papers, 1961-2000
Access:
Public access
Playboy Jazz All-Stars album cover
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Back cover design and artwork for the "Playboy Jazz All-Stars" record album.
Date:
1957
Collection:
Emmett McBain design papers, 1961-2000
Access:
Public access
Put your skin on a Diet.; SkinFood Cosmetics advertisement
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Design and layout for a two-page display advertisement for SkinFood Cosmetics, with an illustration of clouds and a rainbow above them.
Collection:
Emmett McBain design papers, 1961-2000
Access:
Public access
Remember When Your Skin Was The Last Thing On Your Mind?; Neutrogena advertisement
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Design and layout for a two-page display advertisement for Neutrogena skin care products with a close-up photograph of a child's face.
Date:
circa 1991
Collection:
Emmett McBain design papers, 1961-2000
Access:
Public access
Rhythm Crazy, Jimmy Cleveland, album cover
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Front cover design for the Jimmy Cleveland record album "!!Rhythm Crazy!!".
Date:
circa 1959
Collection:
Emmett McBain design papers, 1961-2000
Access:
Public access
Rhythm Meets Rugolo: Pete Rugolo And His All Stars, album cover
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Front cover design for the record album "Rhythm Meets Rugolo: Pete Rugolo And His All Stars".
Date:
1960
Collection:
Emmett McBain design papers, 1961-2000
Access:
Public access
Ruby, Sil Austin, album cover
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Front cover design for the Sil Austin record album "Ruby".
Date:
1959
Collection:
Emmett McBain design papers, 1961-2000
Access:
Public access
Skin Food vs. Stretch Marks.; SkinFood Cosmetics advertisement
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Design and layout for a two-page display advertisement for SkinFood Cosmetics, with an illustration of the profile of a pregnant woman.
Collection:
Emmett McBain design papers, 1961-2000
Access:
Public access
SkinFood because...; SkinFood Cosmetics advertisement
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Design and layout for a two-page display advertisement for SkinFood Cosmetics, with a closeup illustration of a woman's face.
Collection:
Emmett McBain design papers, 1961-2000
Access:
Public access
SkinFood vs. Crow's Feet.; SkinFood Cosmetics advertisement
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Design and layout for a two-page display advertisement for SkinFood Cosmetics, with a closeup illustration of a woman's eye.
Collection:
Emmett McBain design papers, 1961-2000
Access:
Public access
Street Smart, Chicagoland Chevy Dealers advertisement
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Design and layout for a billboard advertisement for Chicagoland Chevy Dealers, featuring an illustration of the Chevrolet S-10 Blazer.
Date:
1980s
Collection:
Emmett McBain design papers, 1961-2000
Access:
Public access
Swing softly red, Red Prysock album cover
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Front cover design for the Red Prysock record album "swing softly red".
Date:
1961
Collection:
Emmett McBain design papers, 1961-2000
Access:
Public access
Terramycin Syrup advertisement
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Design and layout for a two-page display advertisement for Terramycin (oxytetracycline) medication.
Date:
circa 1968
Collection:
Emmett McBain design papers, 1961-2000
Access:
Public access
The Art of Good Taste.; Beefeater Gin advertisement
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Design and layout (incomplete) for Beefeater Gin, with an artwork showing the heads of two people.
Collection:
Emmett McBain design papers, 1961-2000
Access:
Public access
The Busy Mother Antibotic; advertisement for Vibramycin
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Design and layout for a display advertisement for Vibramycin (doxycycline) medication.
Date:
circa 1968
Collection:
Emmett McBain design papers, 1961-2000
Access:
Public access
The magic of Sarah Vaughan, album cover
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Front cover design for the Sarah Vaughan record album "the magic of sarah vaughan".
Date:
1959
Collection:
Emmett McBain design papers, 1961-2000
Access:
Public access
Time to get down to brass tacks about the sulfonylureas; advertisement for Diabinese
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Design and layout for a two-page display advertisement for Diabinese (chlorpropamide) medication.
Date:
circa 1968
Collection:
Emmett McBain design papers, 1961-2000
Access:
Public access
Travelin', John Lee Hooker, album cover
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Front cover design and artwork for the John Lee Hooker record album "Travelin'".
Date:
1960
Collection:
Emmett McBain design papers, 1961-2000
Access:
Public access
True Two, cigarette advertisement
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Display advertisement for True cigarettes.
Date:
1968
Collection:
Emmett McBain design papers, 1961-2000
Access:
Public access
Unmistakenly Care Free Curl; advertisement for Soft Sheen's Care Free Curl hair products
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Display advertisement for Care Free Curl hair products.
Date:
circa 1983
Collection:
Emmett McBain design papers, 1961-2000
Access:
Public access
Unmistakenly Care Free; advertisement for Soft Sheen's Care Free Curl hair products
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Design and layout for a display advertisement for Care Free Curl hair products.
Date:
circa 1983
Collection:
Emmett McBain design papers, 1961-2000
Access:
Public access
Vaughan and Violins, album cover
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Front cover design for the Sarah Vaughan record album "Vaughan and Violins".
Date:
1959
Collection:
Emmett McBain design papers, 1961-2000
Access:
Public access

Collection Details

Repository
University of Illinois Chicago. Library. Special Collections and University Archives Department (Richard J. Daley Library)
Collection Type
Manuscript Collections
Collection Location
Richard J. Daley Library
Theme:
Design History
African American History
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