Object number:
2010.31.5
Object name:
postcard
Title:
Here for LIfe
Maker:
Rafael Jesús González
Production organization:
Livermore Action Group
Date made:
1983
Material/Technique:
Printed ink on paper and hand-colored
Dimensions:
H: 5.5 in, W: 4.25 in
Credit line:
Gift of Rafael Jesús González
Copyright status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Physical description:
Postcard-sized paper printed on both sides in black ink. One side has additional pink, green, and red ink.
Content description:
One side shows the words "Lifers: 'here for life' " and a logo for the Lifers, a division of the Livermore Action Group, hand colored in pink, green, and red ink. Back gives a poem by Rafael Jesus Gonzalez and identifies the occasion at which the flier was used: "Vandenberg Air Force Base, January 1983; first blockade of MX Missile testing" Rafael Jesús González created the "Here for Life" insignia.
Concepts:
Antinuclear movement; MX missile; anti-nuclear protest; nuclear weapon
Places:
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Organizations:
Livermore Action Group
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