May Day is Jay Day - 9th Annual Central Park Smoke In and Parade
Poster
1976 (made)
1976 (made)
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Abbie Hoffman (1936-1989), Jerry Rubin (1938-1994) and Paul Krassner (born 1932) co-founded the Yippies (Youth International Party) in 1967 with the aim of defending civil liberties while promoting alternative values. They modelled their group loosely on the aims of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, which promoted equal rights and peace. Yippie activism involved promoting counter-culture movements, including drug use.
The illustrator Bramley's style appropriates that of the counter-culture comics characters the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, created by Gilbert Shelton in 1968.
The illustrator Bramley's style appropriates that of the counter-culture comics characters the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, created by Gilbert Shelton in 1968.
Object details
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| Title | May Day is Jay Day - 9th Annual Central Park Smoke In and Parade (assigned by artist) |
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| Brief description | Pro-marijuana poster by Bugs Bramley. Published by Yippie (Youth International Party). United States, 1976. |
| Physical description | Procession of cartoon characters in full colour smoking marijuana cigarettes ("joints"), with diamond shaped white sticker affixed, advertising date. |
| Marks and inscriptions | NOW MAY 15! Rain Date May 16 (black on white diamond-shaped sticker, affixed to poster) |
| 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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| Summary | Abbie Hoffman (1936-1989), Jerry Rubin (1938-1994) and Paul Krassner (born 1932) co-founded the Yippies (Youth International Party) in 1967 with the aim of defending civil liberties while promoting alternative values. They modelled their group loosely on the aims of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, which promoted equal rights and peace. Yippie activism involved promoting counter-culture movements, including drug use. The illustrator Bramley's style appropriates that of the counter-culture comics characters the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, created by Gilbert Shelton in 1968. |
| Other number | LS.1132 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.325-2004 |
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| Record created | August 23, 2004 |
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