Free Ashby Leach! On National Speaking Tour Sponsored by Vietnam Veterans Against The War Original American Protest Poster
- 1977
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11 x 17 inches ~ (27 x 43 cm)$190
- Unbacked
This poster is currently unbacked. At check out, you will be given the opportunity to add backing which would cost $80 and take approximately 6-8 weeks.
Linen backing is the industry standard of conservation. Canvas is stretchered and a sheet of acid free barrier paper is laid down. The poster is then pasted to the acid free paper using an acid free paste. This process is fully reversible and gives support to the poster. A border of linen is left around the poster and can be used by a framer to mount the poster so that nothing touches the poster itself. Backing is what we recommend for framing, and for any poster needing restoration.
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On August 26, 1976, gunman Ashby Leach stormed a Chessie System conference room. Leach, who was disgruntled with Chessie System's decision not to pay into a G.I. Bill fund that would have increased his wages and benefits during his apprenticeship with the company, held thirteen hostages before his arrest. He was subsequently jailed for three months pending trial, before being acquitted of kidnapping and convicted for assault, extortion and carrying an illegal weapon. Upon his release, he embarked on a speaking tour for the group Vietnam Veterans Against the War.
From a collection of over 100 posters collected in the 1970s at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
