| Maker(s): | Griffin, Rick; Hunter, George; Green, Herb (photographer); Family Dog Productions, San Francisco, California (publisher)
| | Culture: | American (Griffin 1944 - 1991)
| | Title: | The Charlatans Say When You Camp Out Cook with Sparrow Blend Canned Heat
| | Date Made: | 1967
| | Type: | Poster
| | Materials: | offset lithograph printed in color on paper
| | Place Made: | United States; California; San Francisco
| | Measurements: | sheet: 20 in x 14 in; 50.8 cm x 35.56 cm; image: 18 in x 13 7/16 in; 45.72 cm x 34.13125 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | in print below image at lower left: PHOTO - HERB GREEN -, in print below image at lower right: GEORGE HUNTER RICK GRIFFIN, at bottom edge left: No. 56-1, at bottom edge, ,lower right: 1967 (c) FAMILY DOG PRODUCTIONS 639 GOUGH ST., San Francisco, Calif. 94102
| | Accession Number: | SC 2011.38.34
| | Credit Line: | Purchased
| | Museum Collection: | Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
cream ground, brown toned photograph of five young men on steps of a building all in 19th century dress with logo of indian in top hat smoking with FAMILY GOD PRESENTS in lower left image corner, text along top: THE CHARLATANS SAY... / "WHEN YOU CAMP OUT..COOK WITH.." / SPARROW BRAND CANNED HEAT, can in blue, yellow and red with bird in central oval and text around; INSIST ON THE GENUINE ARTICLE / SPARROW / CANNED HEAT, with text on left: FRI>SAT / April 7 & 8, text to right: AVALON / BALLROOM / SUTTER AT VANNESS, text below: lights by the north american ibis alchemical co., along bottom in blue: TICKET OUTLETS SAN FRANCISCO: [underlined) MNASIDIKA (HAIGHT-ASHBURY), CITYLIGHTS BOOKS (N.BEACH), KELLEY GALLERIES (3681-A SACRAMENTO), THE TOWN SQUIRE / (1318 POLK), BALLY LO SHOES (UNION SQ), HUT T-1 STATE COLLEGE, BERKELEY: (underlined) MOES BOOKS, DISCOUNT RECORDS. SAUSALITO (underlined): TIDES BOOKSTORE / REDWOOD CITY (underlined): REDWOOD HOUSE OF MUSIC (700 WINDLOW). SAN MATEO (underlined): TOWN & COUNTRY MUSIC CENTER (4TH & EL CAMINO), LA MER CAMERAS & / MUSIC (HILLSDALE BLVD AT 19TH). MENLO PARK (underlined): KEPLER'S BOOKS 7 MAGAZINES (825 EL CAMINO). SAN JOSE (underlined): DISCORAMA (235 S. FIRST ST).
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