2010.54.2499

The Oracle
1967
20.00 in HIGH x 13.00 in WIDE
(50.80 cm HIGH x 33.02 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.2499

Bottom edge has "Distributed by (c) Berkeley Bonaparte 1967 P.O. Box 1250 Berkeley Calif. -Rick Griffin-"

Poster is white with black text and image. In the center is a drawing of a male Greek god figure with angel wings and a sash draped across his body. The man has both arms outstretched with two vases dumping a swirl pattern down. At the bottom of the figure are two unicorn heads. Between the unicorn heads is an image of a man in an oval frame. Around the image is a star border. The top has "the Oracle" in large lettering. The bottom border hs a two circle symbols and a star of David. The Oracle was a community newspaper in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury neighborhood; it published 12 issues between September 20, 1966, and February 1968. This image on this poster also appeared as the cover of the sixth issue, February 1967. [LMC]
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