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1983

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1993

  • We acquired this object.

2015

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Poster, Help Stop U.S. Arms Shipments to El Salvador

This is a Poster. It is dated 1983 and we acquired it in 1993. Its medium is lithograph on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Steven Heller and Karrie Jacobs.

Its dimensions are

43.3 x 28 cm (17 1/16 x 11 in.)

It is signed

Signed in printed white ink, lower right: design © 1983 Lincoln Cushing

It is inscribed

Printed in yellow text, upper center: HELP STOP U.S. ARMS / SHIPMENTS TO EL SALVADOR; in white text, upper center: U.S. OUT OF CENTRAL AMERICA; in yellow text, lower center: No More Vietnam Wars; in white text, lower center: Protest the Development and Storage of Nuclear Weapons / Money for Jobs and Human Services—Not for Military Build-Up / Sunday, July 24 / March and Rally / 1:00 Assemble for March/Ecumenical Prayer Service: Concord BART 3:00 Rally Concord Blvd. Park / Monday, July 25 / Nonviolent Land and Sea Blockade / Please call; in white, lower margin: Port Chicago Campaign (415) 644-3636 Port Chicago, Concord, California

Cite this object as

Poster, Help Stop U.S. Arms Shipments to El Salvador; USA; lithograph on paper; 43.3 x 28 cm (17 1/16 x 11 in.); Gift of Steven Heller and Karrie Jacobs; 1993-53-16

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