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The Street Wall Journal

Poster
1970 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The "wall newspaper"- style poster was an inexpensive yet effective way for politically active youths of the 1960s and 1970s to reach a wide audience. Once their manifesto was printed on a large sheet of paper, it could be displayed on American college campuses and city streets for all passers-by to read.
The title of this left-wing paper intentionally references its ideological opposite, the Wall Street Journal.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe Street Wall Journal (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
printing
Brief description
The Street Wall Journal. Poster documenting and explaining student strike in parody of Wall Street Journal. Black text on orange paper. USA, 1970.
Physical description
The Street Wall Journal. Poster documenting and explaining student strike in parody of Wall Street Journal. Black text on orange paper.
Dimensions
  • Height: 56.1cm
  • Width: 43.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Vol. 1. No. 1. Wednesday, May 13, 1970, New York, N.Y. Read Us Free
  • WHY WE STRIKE [followed by ennumerated reasons including emprisonment on political grounds and US involvement in Vietnam]
  • ZAP!
  • DO IT!
Credit line
Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Summary
The "wall newspaper"- style poster was an inexpensive yet effective way for politically active youths of the 1960s and 1970s to reach a wide audience. Once their manifesto was printed on a large sheet of paper, it could be displayed on American college campuses and city streets for all passers-by to read.
The title of this left-wing paper intentionally references its ideological opposite, the Wall Street Journal.
Other number
LS.1123 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
Collection
Accession number
E.322-2004

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Record createdAugust 18, 2004
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