Including Ephemera, Broadsides, Posters, Street Sheets, Collections, etc. for the
San Francisco Diggers, Communication Company, Free City Collective,
Kaliflower Intercommunal Network, Free Print Shop, Planetedge Manifestation,
Earth/Life Defense Commune, &c.
Cat. No.: CC-203 Full record BibCit: N.d., ca. 4/9/1967. Broadside. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Collation: 5/c: Bk, Re, Bl, Ye, Pu. Lettering in psychedelic style.. Collection: SOLA-o(DW). Abstract: Announces a benefit for Angry Arts Week and the Spring Mobilization, April 9, at Longshoremen's Hall, $2.50.
Note: Variant in Anderson MSS, BANC: yellow paper, and central circular motif on left edge is different between the two. The yellow paper has a dove emblem. The white paper has the words "The Grateful Dead."
Cat. No.: CC-204 Full record BibCit: N.d, ca. 3/5/1967. Broadside. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Collation: Illus with cartoon by R. Crumb of boy and lightbulb head.. Collection: SOLA-o(DW). Abstract: "Sunday March 5 | ... | $2.50".
Cat. No.: CC-205 Full record BibCit: Broadside. Letter size. N.p., Com/Co?. Collation: Illus. w/ photo montage of a surgeon and postage stamps with tiitle words on left margin. Landscape printing.. Collection: SOLA-o(DW).
Cat. No.: CC-206 Full record BibCit: Broadside. Letter size. N.p., Com/Co?. Collation: 6/c (multil colored drawing of bird, with black outline, and blact text) on wh pa.. Collection: SOLA-o(DW).
Note: Illus. with drawing of a bird with title words part of the design.
Cat. No.: CC-207 Full record BibCit: Broadside. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Collation: Illus. w/ small drawing of Christ in center of page.. Collection: SOLA-o(DW). Abstract: Mentions event for "Saturday 1:30 Panhandle." Caption: "Fuck For Peace."
Cat. No.: CC-208 Full record BibCit: 3/31/1967. Broadside. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Collation: 2/c: Bk, Bl. Illus w/ blue sunflower petals in center of page.. Collection: SOLA-o(DW). Abstract: Announces clean-in, with message about cleanliness. Signed, "Diggers."
Cat. No.: CC-209 Full record BibCit: N.d., ca. 4/3/1967. Broadside. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Collection: SOLA-o(DW). Abstract: Reprint of article from The Daily Californian, 4/3/67: "J. Edgar Hoover Criticizes 'Mac Bird,' Filthy Speech."
Cat. No.: CC-210 Full record BibCit: Broadside. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Collection: SOLA-o(DW). Abstract: Talking about a free radio station.
Cat. No.: CC-211 Full record BibCit: N.d., ca. 4/20/1967. Broadside. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Collation: Illus.. Collection: SOLA-o (DW). Abstract: Announcing "King Kong" at the movies, April 20, All Saints Church. Psychedelic lettering around a drawing of a gorilla in the center of the page.
Cat. No.: CC-212 Full record BibCit: N.d.. Broadside. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Collection: SOLA-o (DW). Abstract: The proposed mall would close Haight Street to vehicles on Saturdays and Sundays. Twenty signature lines. "Completed petitions to 1535 Haight Street."
Cat. No.: CC-213 Full record BibCit: By Gleason, Patrick. Broadside. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Collection: SOLA-o (DW). Abstract: A poem with drawings of four cell structures.
Cat. No.: CC-214 Full record BibCit: N.d., ca. 4/20/1967. Broadside. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Collection: SOLA-o (DW). Abstract: Purpose of meeting: "to share what we know and who we are with one another." To take place at the Hearth, Oak and Baker Streets, April 20, 8pm. The letters RAP are large, open, with smaller words written inside: Talk, Rap, Meet, Commune, etc.
Cat. No.: CC-215 Full record BibCit: Broadside. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Collection: SOLA-o (DW). Abstract: Peter Roy's name is vertically placed on the left margin. Center of page: photo of a nude woman's chest and stomach. Glide Church mentioned.
Cat. No.: CC-216 Full record BibCit: N.d., ca. 4/15/1967. Broadside. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Collection: SOLA-o (DW). Abstract: Announcement of films at All Saints Hall, April 15 and 16. Photo-repro of Laurel and Hardy's faces at bottom of page. "Glory Here, Diggers All."
Cat. No.: CC-217 Full record BibCit: 5/1/1967. Broadside. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Collation: 1/c: Gr.. Collection: SOLA-o (DW). Abstract: Announcing a free dinner at 1010 Gough Street, 7pm, "tonight."
Cat. No.: CC-218 Full record BibCit: N.d., ca. 3/15/1967. Broadsheet. 6-3/4"x10". San Francisco: Communication Company. Collation: Brn. pa.. Collection: SOLA-o (DW). Abstract: Announces a "benefit for the communication company in honor of the c.i.a." To take place March 5, 1967, $2.50. R.s.: photo repro of the chest and stomach of a nude woman, with ComCo's imprint.
Cat. No.: CC-219 Full record BibCit: N.d., ca. 4/7/1967. Broadside. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Collation: Orange pa, 3-hole punch left margin.. Collection: SOLA-o (DW). Abstract: Announces an event of poetry and drama reading, etc. at Bayview Community Center.
Cat. No.: CC-220 Full record BibCit: n.d., ca. 5/1/1967. Broadside. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Collection: SOLA-o (DW). Abstract: Title and address [of the Free Store]: COLE & CARL STREETS. Printed over a photo-repro of a man's face (Lenny Bruce?) Trans title is extent of text.
Cat. No.: CC-221a Full record BibCit: By [Anderson, Chester]. 1/15/1967. Broadsheet. Legal size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Imprint: the communication company. Collation: Title and footer in hand letters.. Collection: SOLA-o(KP) | o-BL/CA(variant).
Note: r.s.: Photo-repro of 5 dollar bills with lettering, "Debased War Money | Not Negotiable". On BL/A copy, on R.S. there is the following twp note:
we were going to start a daily newspaper, & this was to be in the first issue, but we ran out of ink. By the time we had more ink, we realized that, both being new to the scene, we didn't have the reportorial staff & community cooperation needed for a daily paper, so we're still [underlined] going to start one someday.
There were more than 25,000 hippies present, turning on & happy at the Human Be-In. The poster for the Be-In, included herewith, is typical Haight/Ashbury poster art. Now very famous, all these hippie posters.
(The myster sky diver, it turns out, was Owsley Stanley, San Francisco's major manufacturer of black market acid.)
Cat. No.: CC-221b Full record BibCit: 1/15/1967. Broadsheet. Legal size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Imprint: the communication company. Collection: SOLA-o(KP).
Cat. No.: CC-222 Full record BibCit: By Grogan, Emmet (anon). 5/29/1967. Broadside. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Imprint: comco(ups). Collation: Signature is hand-drawn graphic feathered swastika. Collection: SOLA-o(KP).
Cat. No.: CC-223 Full record BibCit: By Family Dog; San Francisco Oracle. 3/27/1967. Broadside. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Imprint: Com Co (UPS). Collation: Family Dog logo in upper left corner. Ye Pa.. Collection: SOLA-x(CSL).
Cat. No.: CC-224 Full record BibCit: By Planters, The. N.d.. Broadside. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Imprint: com co (ups). Collection: SOLA-x(CSL).
Cat. No.: CC-225 Full record BibCit: 4/9/1967. Broadside. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Imprint: com co (u.p.s.). Collation: 1/c, wh pa.. Collection: SOLA-x(CSL).
Cat. No.: CC-226 Full record BibCit: N.d., ca. 5/11/1967. Broadside. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Imprint: COM CO, UPS, HPS. Collection: SOLA-x(CSL).
