2010.54.51

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Light my fire Chicago [Days of Rage]
c. 1969
24 in HIGH x 18 in WIDE
(60.96 cm HIGH x 45.72 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.51






Poster has a light brown image of the Statue of Liberty holding a gun in one arm. On the left of the image is "SDS" printed vertically in red lettering. The poster reads in red lettering, "light my fire chicago october 8-11."

The title refers to the popular song "Light my fire" by The Doors, released January 1967. The Days of Rage demonstrations were a series of direct actions taken over a course of three days in October 1969 in Chicago organized by the Weatherman faction of the Students for a Democratic Society.

Used: Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) ~ client

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