Posters like this one are both an important part of the history of Winter Carnival and expensive commodities in today's markets, sometimes selling for thousands of dollars.
Walter Humphries, class of 1914, drew the first poster for the 1911 Winter Carnival, said College archivist Peter Carini.
Posters did not become a staple of Winter Carnival until 1937, however, when the annual poster competition that continues today was first instituted.
Rauner Special Collections Library also does not have records of posters from the years of World War II, a time when many of College traditions lost precedence to global events, Carini said.
Many of the event's historical posters have become collectors' items in recent years.
Internet bidding sites such as eBay have frequent auctions for the posters, which sometimes sell for prices as high as thousands of dollars.
Winter Carnival posters on eBay are advertised at values ranging between $5 and $600.
Swann Galleries, an auction house which specializes in rare books, has a wide range of old Carnival posters for sale on its website, including the1967 Winter Carnival poster, estimated to be worth between $600 and $900.
The Carnival's 1938 poster is also available for sale on the site, with an approximate worth of somewhere between $4000 and $6000.
Christopher & Company Ltd., a vendor of American and European ski posters, approximates the value of the 1937 Dartmouth Carnival poster, which features a smiling woman dressed in red, white and blue winter clothing, to be about $5000.
The company's website values Carnival posters from the last decade at prices up to $500.
Carini said that the wealth of some Dartmouth graduates is likely one explanatory factor for the high prices of the posters.
"First of all, Dartmouth folks aren't exactly poor," Carini said. "Also, posters of a certain era such as the 1920s, 30s and 40s have a certain artistic style, and people collect things simply for the aesthetic."
Some of the posters, Carini said, are bought by individuals who did not attend Dartmouth, and are particularly popular among collectors of ski-themed artifacts.
The College may publish a coffee table book in 2009 with all of the Winter Carnival posters in commemoration of the Dartmouth Outing Club's 100th year anniversary, Carini said.
Rauner collects all artifacts relating to Carnival history, Carini said, including photos, tickets and newspaper clippings.
Rauner's collection includes documents from Winter Carnival planning meetings of the DOC, which organized the weekend from its inception in 1909 to 1961.
Some of Carini's favorite documents in the archives include the "grief meeting" minutes, which were taken at DOC meetings held after each Winter Carnival to discuss what the group could improve upon for the following year's Carnival.
The collection also contains the Queen of Snows crown, given to the female winner of a pageant held during the Carnival each year from 1923 to 1973.
The archives, however, do not contain the Queen of Snows cup, which predated the crown. Carini said the location of the cup is unknown.
Many of Rauner's archived materials are currently not open to viewing because Rauner is working to further preserve the artifacts.
