In its heyday,  was the go-to promotional company on the East Coast, hawking the "people’s entertainment." That included anything from traveling carnivals to demolition derbies, but Globe became best known for advertising musical acts from a multitude of genres – especially music created and influenced by Black artists.

Including big-band, R&B, rock, soul, funk, hip hop, rap, and go-go, Globe advertised concerts from the Lakeshore Auditorium in Baton Rouge to the Apollo Theater in New York City. Just a few of the legendary performers who appeared on their posters include Dizzy Gillespie, Etta James, Chuck Berry, Tina Turner, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, the Rolling Stones, Salt N Peppa, 2 Live Crew, and Snoop Dog.

Featuring fluorescent Day-Glo ink and bold black typeface, Globe posters popped – and for more than 80 years, the company illustrated a history of American music with a signature style that became part of the century’s visual lexicon.

When the company shuttered in 2011, MICA acquired their historic archive of typefaces, woodcuts, engraved illustrations, and more. Today,  lives on at the College as a working press, teaching tool, and source for research, and its iconic look remains a cultural influence.

When the Baltimore Orioles  – part of a series with Major League Baseball and Nike to craft a uniform expressing the personality of each team’s home city – the design’s block font was inspired by the Globe’s distinctive typeface.

And last November – reflective of their work promoting go-go performers, the official music of Washington D.C. – , the Washington Wizard’s G League affiliate basketball team. Other notable projects by the Globe Collection and Press include a commission to design three limited-edition posters for the ; a commission for ; and a series celebrating the grand opening of the newly renovated Baltimore Arena and its back-to-back-to-back concerts featuring