beat era

This is a black and white photograph of a man in profile with his eyes closed and his head raised upward. The man appears against a dark background facing the left side of the composition. His...

This is a black and white photograph of a peace rally. A decorated peace sign on a pole appears in the foreground at left, and streamers attached to the pole blow horizontally in the wind across...

This is a black and white photograph of a nude man, a woman, and an older man having a conversation together on a porch underneath a trellis. The nude man leans against one of the columns that...

This is a color digital print triptych of a young boy in a Boy Scouts of America uniform. The image on the left shows the boy looking downward so the top of his hat is visible. The middle image...

This is a color tal print of Ken Kesey talking to a Hells Angel. The men are photographed from behind with Kesey's face visible in profile at left. Kesey wears a multicolored jacket and a...

This is a black and white photograph of four men, from right to left: Bob Dylan, Robbie Robertson, and the Orlovsky Brothers. Dylan and Peter Orlovsky are seen in profile having a conversation....

This is a black and white photograph of seven pipes resting in a pile on a transparent shelf. A circular button next to the pipes reads, "NO HOPE / WITHOUT / DOPE."

This is a black and white photograph of Bruce Conner standing with his arms outstretched while standing on the front bumper of a Rolls Royce. Conner is wearing a suit, tie, and glasses. The car...

This is a black and white photograph of Neal Cassady standing in front of a mirror while shaving. Cassady's back faces the camera at right and his reflection appears at center. A poster for...

Beret. Description: black wool beret, covered with cat hairs, leather inside edge with red and yellow trim, paper tag inside says, "C22 1119"

Condition: leather worn and partially...

Poster. Description: "the Jazz Cellar Quartet ... Poetry and Jazz ...". Blue letterpress on white posterboard. Discolored at all edges, some scattered soiling, UL and LR corners creased,...

Sign. Description: "Notice to Tourists / This is the only genuine Bohemian atmosphere this side of / Daly City." Hand lettered in blue with white unerlining on tan cardboard. Cellophane tape...

Sign. Description: Glass, painted in black, red, blue, yellow green, with clear areas, to resemble stained glass. Reads "Vesuvio". In wooden from, brown, with white glazing compound at front....

Poster. Description: "Jazz Benefit for the Jazz Cellar ...". Polychrome tempera and watercolor hand lettering over polychrome watercolor gouache. Scattered folds throughout, overall soling,...

Bongo Drums. Description: Pair of bongo drums, one 5-1/2" dia., the other 5" dia., attached at middle by short wooden piece. Drums of wooden construction, turned and grooved. Tympans of a-ima-...

Stool. Description: Wooden stool, in brown varnished finish. Four legs. Condition 3.

Dimensions: 30" x 15 1/2" x 15 1/2" (at leg bottoms).

History: See donor file.

From...

Bar. Description: Bar. Top is of rubbed and varnished hardwood, probably mahogany. The portion below the hardwood top is extemporised from plywood over what appears to have been an original...

Chair. Description: Wooden chair. Back is spindles, with scroll-sawn center panel. The whole has been repainted yellow green. Condition 3.

Dimensions: 37" x 16" x 18".

From the...

Statue. Description: Plaster bust of female head, based on those from Egyptian antiquity. The bust was painted in maroon, marbled green, and gold by Royal Wingate, a patron of the Old Spaghetti...

Album Cover. Description: Cover to phonograph record "Tentative Description of a Dinner to Promote the Impeachment of President Eisenhower, and other Poems", by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. (Fantasy...