2010.54.2207
(55.88 cm HIGH x 40.64 cm WIDE)
Poster depicts a woman with a headscarf holding a red flag above her. In the background is the outline of buildings with smoke rising out of a chimney. Along the bottom edge is red cyrillic lettering.
Bread and Roses Bookshop was an important alternative presence in the San Jose area. It was founded in 1972 by James Robert "Bob" Lindsay, a Communist Party member and labor organizer, and his wife Barbara Sterne. Originally, the bookstore was near San Jose State College, where some progressive professors ordered their textbooks through the store and students came by to hear political speakers and authors. The store moved several times, always farther away from campus and the town center where students and walk-in customers could support it. Eventually the bookshop closed in 1992 because of Bob's poor health and the store's low profitability. [LMC]
