Genre Categories
Advertising
This is the largest category. It includes calendars that advertise a business or a product. These calendars usually display
the name and address of the business provided. See also: Holiday
Animals
This category includes any calendar in which animals (of any kind) are the primary focus of the theme and/or each month's
illustration/photography. This includes cat lover’s calendars, wildlife calendars, etc.
Art
This is an ambiguous/catch-all category. It should include any calendar that has a work of art as its monthly image. This
work of art can be by anyone, from Leonardo to sick children. This category also includes print or painted visuals, as well
as art photography and sculpture.
Astrology
This category consists of any calendar that includes horoscopes, or any other type of astrological symbols within its context.
Automobiles
Any calendar that focuses its main attention on automobiles fits into this category. It can be anything from a car dealership's
ad to an historical car calendar - anything that features automobiles is placed under this category.
Cartoons/Comic Books/Comedy
This category should include any calendar that features comic book characters (Superheroes, etc.) cartoon/comic strip characters,
or parodies. This includes strips like Far Side, Garfield, and Doonesbury. See also: Peanuts
Environment/Nature
Calendars featuring natural landscapes or the environment, plants and tress, flowers, etc. are included here. Often, these
are produced by nature conservancy groups. See also: Animals and Travel
Erotica
There are primarily three types of these calendars. First are Playboy-type calendars, with nude photography. The second is
photographic, but more like “pin-ups” - clothed men and women in poses and exotic scenes. Finally, there is the illustrated
kind, including the 1940s-1950s Varga drawings. Any calendar with erotic intent is included here. See also: Playboy
Fantasy
This category includes calendars with any significant fantasy content - sword and sorcery, magic, fantastic beasts, fairy
creatures, etc. This includes calendars pertaining to Dungeons & Dragons and similar role-playing. It also includes “dark fantasy” or gothic imagery - vampires, werewolves, etc. See also: Tolkien
Food
These calendars consists of different recipes for various vegetables, fruit, meat and poultry.
Historical
This category includes any calendar that deals with history, or of an historic event. Usually, the photos associated with
the calendar are black and white. Most of these calendars deal with the history of a certain place, such as a town, a place
of business, or a school. This category also includes those calendars based on heritages of certain nationalities, such as
a Polish heritage calendar. These calendars can be either an older or newer calendar, but with historical content. This category
is not to be confused with the Patriotic/Political Category.
Holiday
These are calendars with holiday themes. Primarily, this will entail calendars with Christmas messages, illustrations, etc.,
that are given as gifts before the start of the start of the new year.
Miscellaneous
This category includes calendars that do not belong in the other main categories. This is a category for those calendars that
do not have 10 or more to make their own category.
Movies/Television
Calendars that contain images of film and television actors/actress.
Music
Calendars that contain images of music or of musical artists belongs in this category.
Mystery Detective
This category includes mystery calendars, about movies, novels and television shows. See also: Performing Arts
Patriotic/Political
Calendars that are either overtly political or partisan as well as those that celebrate America as a political/cultural institution
are included here. Such calendars may feature politicians, great historical figures, monuments, etc. This category is not
to be confused with the Historical Category.
Peanuts
See also: Cartoons/Comic Books/Comedy
Performing Arts
This is a very broad category. It includes any calendar that focuses on anything from Broadway to cinema to television shows.
Anything that deals with theater or acting is included. This category also holds calendars focused on dance. See also: Mystery Detective and Star Trek
Playboy
See also: Erotica
Religion/Inspirational
This category includes calendars with religious themes or imagery. It includes any belief system, including “New Age.” It
also includes calendars with inspirational art or quotations, religious or not. This includes business maxims, famous quotes,
etc.
Science Fiction
Occasionally difficult to differentiate from fantasy, these are calendars that possess images of spaceships, aliens, robots
and androids, space travel, time travel, etc. See also: Star Trek etc.
Sports
Any calendar with a sports theme or an image of a sport is included within this category. This also includes “pseudo-sports”
like pro wrestling.
Star Trek
See also: Science Fiction and Performing Arts
Tolkien
This collection contains works of fantasy by Tolkien.
Travel
Calendars that display monthly images of exotic or foreign locales is included within this category. Travel in America can
also be included, but should be differentiated from nature photos. See also: Environment/Nature
The Wizard of Oz
Any calendar that deals with Frank L. Baum's characters from his Oz stories falls into this category. See also: Performing Arts
Cross Referencing
Many calendars do not fit easily into only one category. There are calendars with Christmas greetings and business advertising
and nature photos. A calendar is categorized in its primary genre, which is judged by the monthly illustrations. This will
be what you see when first opening it - the overall impression. For example, if you find a holiday calendar from a business,
you would look in the advertising category as well as the holiday category.
Last Updated, M. Zuzik, 2/25/06
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