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Wilfred Burchett
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster advertising an even with guest speaker Wilfred Burchett in San Francisco. Poster is white with black text and a black and white photograph of Burchett at center.

Guardian 30th Anniversary Celebration
1978

Poster advertising the 30th anniversary celebration of the Guardian newspaper on Friday, November 3, 1978 in San Francisco. Poster has an illistruation of several people walking with a red banner...

1984

Poster advertising a benefit concert starring Country Joe McDonald at the Julia Morgan Theatre in Berkeley, California. Poster has an illustration of a guitar across the center. The background...

Read The Militant
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster advertising the periodical The Militant, a socialist newsweekly. Poster is red with white and black text.

Barricade
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has black ink printed on yellow paper. At the top is "Barricade / July 5, Year of the Barricade Vol. 1 No. 1". At the left is a dotted image of the soldier running with a shield. At the...

The Revolutionary Worker
circa 1990

Poster has a black printed background. At the top left is "From The Pages Of / The Revolutionary Worker/ / Obrero Revolucionario..." in white and red. All over the poster are black and white...

30 Years of the Texas Observer
1984

Poster has black and brown ink printed on off-white paper. At the top is "30 Years / Of / The Texas Observer / ''The Tyrant''s Foe, The People''s Friend'' The Texas Observer, 600 West 7th Street,...

1995

Poster printed on white paper. At the top is a stylized blue, black and white image of human figures crossing a street with tall buildings on both sides. At the bottom of the poster is "...

Scanlan's: Impeach Nixon
1970

Poster printed in black and red ink on white paper and shows a reproduction of the front cover of Scanlan''s magazine, volume one number four from June 1970. "Scanlan''s" printed in large text at...

1998

Poster has a black printed background. At the top is a stylized purple and white image of human figures crossing a street with tall buildings and sky walks on both sides. At the bottom of the...

Welcome to the future 'Cause here it is - Revolution.
1979

Poster has a black and white photo of two young boys in traditional dress holding machine guns. In the upper left is Arabic writing. Poster reads, Welcome to the future ''Cause here it is -...

Andrei Voznesensky
1971

Poster has a black and white background photo of a man in a fur hat and heavy coat standing outside. At the top is "City Lights / Presents / Andrei / Voznesensky" in black. At the bottom is "...

New York Book Fair
1975

Poster printed on beige paper with a stylized image of a purple book. At the top of the book, rising from the pages, is a stylized city skyline, with a sun on the "horizon," or back cover. On the...

Cross Town Traffic
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster is screenprinted on white paper. Poster has a white border with a blue background. In the middle of the poster is a stylized red city skyling with yellow stars and red leaves above. A tthe...

Poets + Musicians Against War and All That Shit
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has black ink printed on white paper. At the left are stips of images of people. At the top is "Poets + Musicians Against / War And All That Shit". Down the right is a list of poets and...

The Snow/La Nieve
1983

Poster has white, yellow and purple ink printed on beige paper. The background is made to look like falling snow, with a hazy yellow sun. At the top is "The Snow/La Nieve". The top of the poster...

Poetry From The Hearts Of The Americas
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has three main images. At the top is an image of palm trees near white buildings, in the center is an image of street signs a the crossing of Mission and 24th St., and at the bottom is an...

A Gathering of Poets
1986

Poster printed on white paper. At the left is a stylized brown, white and orange image of a man in a robe with a rosary with a cross and a wishbone. At the top of the poster is an orange strip...

1978

Poster has a dark brown background with tan text. To the left is an image of a man squatting and pulling a thread of material from a pile in front of him. Poster reads, "Mayday Amerus...

NC Poetry Grand Slam
2004

Poster has a background printed in shades of orange, red, and yellow. At the center is a stylized green figure writing on paper. Centered at the top is a printed signature with "D&F Poetry"...

Open City
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has black ink printed on white ppaer. At the top is a stylized image of human figures walking across the Golden Gate Bridge with "Hearts & Minds" on one of the vertical supports. Above...

Fourth Annual San Francisco International Poetry Festival
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has a background of small clouds in shades of orange, yellow and pink. The bottom center has a swirl with a small owl sitting on it. Across the top is "Fourth Annual San Francisco...

Songs of Clay
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has black ink printed on white paper. At the top is a stlyized image of a tree, a masked figure plaing drums with horns, a spiney figure playing a foreign instrument while a woman dances in...

Wings Literaria
1994

Poster printed on white paper, with black text at the top and bottom and a central, stylized image with a blue background and green, black, pink, yellow and white shapes, including a boomerang-...

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