Clear Channel outdoor image collection, 1935-2002

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Summary

Creator:
Clear Channel (Firm) and John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History
Abstract:
Clear Channel is a multi-media communications company based in San Antonio, Tex. Collection includes audiovisual materials; black-and-white and color photographs; glass plate negatives, memoranda and correspondence; research reports; slides; and other printed materials. Most of the images depict outdoor advertising designs and billboard locations in the Los Angeles and San Francisco, Calif. areas. A wide range of products and services are depicted, including airlines; automobiles and automotive services; banks; cosmetics and health care products; events and entertainment; food and beverages; household goods; tobacco products and travel. The bulk of images depict work performed under the names of Foster and Kleiser and the Patrick Media Group. Acquired by the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History and the Kevin P. Reilly Sr. Outdoor Advertising Archives.
Extent:
30.0 Linear Feet
0.27 Gigabytes (343 files)
Language:
Materials in English.
Collection ID:
RL.13076

Background

Scope and content:

Collection includes audiovisual materials; black-and-white and color photographs; glass plate negatives, memoranda and correspondence; research reports; slides; and other printed materials. Most of the images depict outdoor advertising designs and billboard locations in the Los Angeles and San Francisco, Calif. areas. A wide range of products and services are depicted, including airlines; automobiles and automotive services; banks; cosmetics and health care products; events and entertainment; food and beverages; household goods; tobacco products and travel. The bulk of images depict work performed under the names of Foster and Kleiser and the Patrick Media Group.

Biographical / historical:

Clear Channel is a multi-media communications company based in San Antonio, Tex.

The outdoor advertising company Foster and Kleiser was founded in 1901 by Walter Foster and George Kleiser, initially operating in Portland and Seattle. Foster & Kleiser was sold to Metropolitan Broadcasting in 1959. In 1986 Metromedia, a division of Metropolitan, sold Foster & Kleiser to Patrick Media. Hellman & Friedman together with Karl Eller purchased Patrick Media and renamed it Eller Media in 1995. In 1997 Eller was acquired by Clear Channel Communications, and in 2001 Eller Media chanaged its name to Clear Channel Outdoor.

Source: https://notablekleisers.blogspot.com/2007/08/foster-and-kleiser-outdoor-billboard.html

Acquisition information:
The Clear Channel outdoor image collection was received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift from Clear Channel in 2003-2004.
Processing information:

Processed by Richard Collier, May 2024; Accessions described in this collection guide: 2003-0183, 2004-0148.

Arrangement:

Organized into the following series: Administrative Files; Billboard Binders; Boxed Slides; Location Photographs; Photographs.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects

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Subjects:
Advertising agencies -- United States -- History
Advertising, Outdoor -- United States -- History
Format:
Billboards
Names:
Eller Media
Patrick Media Group, Inc.
Foster and Kleiser Company
John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History
Kevin P. Reilly Sr. Outdoor Advertising Archives

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