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[San Francisco psychedelic posters and handbills from the collection of Jay Thelin].
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[San Francisco psychedelic posters and handbills from the collection of Jay Thelin]Creator/Contributor:
Jay Thelin, creator, creator.Creator/Contributor:
Psychedelic Shop (San Francisco)Abstract:
Psychedelic posters and handbills promoting various events in San Francisco. Posters include (:1) Summer of Love San Francisco,
with text by Saint Francis of Assisi, 1967, designed by Bob Schnepf; (:2) Straight Theatre reading and dance concert featuring
Michael McClure, Grateful Dead, the Wildflower, and the Outfit, 1966, designed by Jacob; (:3) benefit for California Assemblyman
Anthony Beilenson, featuring Dan Hicks and His Hot licks, Sopwith Camel, Rejoice, Gale Garnett and the Gentle Reign, and Peter
Bowen, 1967, designed by Moore. Handbills include 3 different designs promoting Pow-wow, a gathering of tribes for a Human
Be-In, held on January 14, 1967; artists/designers include (:4) Stanley Mouse and Michael Bowen, (:5) Rick Griffin and (:6)
Double-H Press.
Date:
1966 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caPsychedelic art -- California -- San Francisco -- Specimens
Nineteen sixty-seven, A.D -- Social aspects -- California -- San Francisco
Art psychédélique -- Californie -- San Francisco -- Spécimens
Mil neuf cent soixante-sept -- Aspect social -- Californie -- San Francisco
Psychedelic art
California -- San Francisco
Psychedelic Shop (San Francisco)
Note:
Title devised by cataloger.
Collected by Jay Thelin.
Posters shelved in --C, handbills shelved in --PIC.
Includes 4 sheets of Psychedelic Shop letterhead signed by Jay Thelin (shelved in --PIC).
Formerly owned by Jay Thelin.
Purchase; From John Windle; 2015.
The Psychedelic Shop, co-owned by brothers Jay and Ron Thelin, opened in January of 1966 at 1535 Haight Street, San Francisco.
Reputedly one of the country's first head shops, the store specialized in hallucinogenic paraphernalia and was an important
center of Haight-Ashbury district countercultural activity and expression, most notably during the Summer of Love, 1967. The
store closed in October of 1967.
Preferred citation: San Francisco psychedelic posters and handbills from the collection of Jay Thelin, BANC PIC 2015.064,
The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Type:
graphicSpecimens.
Posters-California-San Francisco.
Handbills-California-San Francisco Bay Area.
Letterheads.
Lithographs.
Physical Description:
print
6 prints in 2 folders : lithographs ; 52 x 36 cm or smaller (poster and handbill formats)
Language:
English