Energy...Stop Diablo Canyon.
Poster
1979 (made)
1979 (made)
On display at V&A South Kensington
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level C| Artist/Maker | |
| Place Of Origin |
Diablo Canyon is a central Californian nuclear power plant owned by Pacific Gas & Electric Company. The plant and its two reactors were built in 1968 on a stretch of the California coastline. Diablo Canyon became a focus of the anti-nuclear movement of the 1970s which protested the production of nuclear energy.
object details
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| Object Type | |
| Materials and Techniques | printing |
| Brief Description | Protest poster against nuclear energy. Published by The Abalone Alliance. USA, 1979. |
| Physical Description | Poster printed in brown and white depicting a baby on a beach. Small full colour photomontage of planet Earth radiating rainbow colours and thin red concentric circles. Printed on cream textured paper. |
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| Marks and Inscriptions | RALLY/ CAR POOL: 962-1920 (in marker pen across lower margin) |
| 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 |
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| Place Depicted | |
| Summary | Diablo Canyon is a central Californian nuclear power plant owned by Pacific Gas & Electric Company. The plant and its two reactors were built in 1968 on a stretch of the California coastline. Diablo Canyon became a focus of the anti-nuclear movement of the 1970s which protested the production of nuclear energy. |
| Other Number | LS.1157 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number |
| Collection | |
| Accession Number | E.328-2004 |
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| record created | August 25, 2004 |
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