2010.54.11712

Sixth Street Fair
Late 20th Early 21st Century
18 in HIGH x 11.875 in WIDE
(45.72 cm HIGH x 30.16 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.11712

"078/100" handwritten in pencil at the bottom left corner. "Mats-o!" handwritten in pencil at the bottom right corner.

Poster has orange text box at the top with black and white text reading "Sixth Street Fair" followed by a small, thin gray text box with black text reading "OPen Year Round 6am to 2am!" Beneath the text is a large photo showing a scene with a corpse-like woman on her hands and knees holding a bill in her left hand with a condom hanging off of her tongue and a needlie sticking out of her right arm. At the right of the image, directly opposite the woman, is a hand dangling a bag of drugs and another hand pointing a gun at the woman''s head. In the background of the image are scenes of prostitution, alcoholism, insanity, and chaos. Below the image in a black bar is white text reading "Skidrow a go-go". At the bottom of the poster is black text reading "Needle Exchange - Shopping Cart Race - Soup Kitchen - Panhandling Contest - A.A Hall - 5$ Blow Jobs & More! Sponsored By The Dept. of Social Services - Night Train - King Cobra Beer!!"
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