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Funeral notice : Hippie, in the Haight Ashbury Disctrict of this city, Hippie, devoted son of Mass Media : Friends are invited to attend services beginning a sunrise, October 6, 1967, at Buena Vista Park

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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature

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Title
Funeral notice : Hippie, in the Haight Ashbury Disctrict of this city, Hippie, devoted son of Mass Media : Friends are invited to attend services beginning a sunrise, October 6, 1967, at Buena Vista Park
Names
Berg, Peter, 1937-2011 (Publisher)
Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1967
Place: San Francisco
Publisher: Peter Berg?
Library locations
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
Shelf locator: Berg Coll m.b. Counterculture F86 1967
Topics
Counterculture -- United States
Haight-Ashbury (San Francisco, Calif.)
Genres
Cards
Notes
Biographical/historical: The event, known as "Death of a Hippie," was a mock-funeral procession organized by Peter Berg and held one year after California banned LSD.
Biographical/historical: Copies of these small handbills were displayed in many Haight-Ashbury storefronts in the days leading up to the event.
Bibliographic history: Peter Berg was a co-founder of the San Francisco counterculture guerilla theater and social activist group The Diggers, and its communications arm, the Communications Company (com/co).
Acquisition: Purchase ; BeatBooks ; July 2013 ; 009136
Physical Description
Extent: 1 card ;13 x 10 cm
Off-white card stock, text printed in black, in mourning border.
Type of Resource
Still image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 901007667
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20521472
NYPL Exhibition ID: TL 17.12.121
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 4ffe34f0-6a79-0135-cb9b-413a8cc9bc5a
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1937: Creator Born
  • 1967: Issued
  • 2011: Creator Died
  • 2017: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "Funeral notice " The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1967. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/03088b80-6a7a-0135-173b-0ed1cba3c19b

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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "Funeral notice " New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 23, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/03088b80-6a7a-0135-173b-0ed1cba3c19b

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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. (1967). Funeral notice Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/03088b80-6a7a-0135-173b-0ed1cba3c19b

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Funeral notice