2010.54.11544

Boycott Fever
1979
22.9375 in HIGH x 17.4375 in WIDE
(58.26 cm HIGH x 44.29 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.11544

Endorsements appear in small print along the bottom edge. A union label for Allied Printing #147 printed at bottom center.

Poster printed with black text and graphics over a metallic silver background on white paper. A graphic of a man and a woman in several different dancing poses fills the center of the page. "Catch it / Boycott Fever" is printed at top in an arch. Text at bottom reads, "J. P. Stevens Out of Mervyn''s / Benefit Dance / Saturday Night April 28 / 9 - 1:00 / Live East Bay Funk / The / United Sound Corporation / At / Teamster Local 70 Hall / 70 Hegenberger Road, Oakland." "Tickets $3.50" is printed at bottom left, and "Full Bar" is printed at bottom right.

The successful 1976-1980 national boycott of textile products made by J.P. Stevens was a major labor campaign involving community support, much like the United Farm Worker boycotts of lettuce and grapes. [LMC]

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