2010.54.4573
(43.18 cm HIGH x 27.94 cm WIDE)
Poster is printed on off-white colored paper with black text adn images. In the cneter is an image of two women in a kitchen. One is sitting down on a chair holding papers. The other is standing in front wearing an apron and head scarf. Above and below are cyrillic type letters. The bottom edge reads, "Women! Learn your Letters! Bread & Roses Bookshop, San Jose Yelizaveta Kruglikova, 1923."
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]
