Free Karl, Prairie Fire Original American anti_Vietnam War Protest Poster
- 1972
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8 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches ~ (20 x 55 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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Poster advocating the release of Karl Armstrong, who was incarcerated for his involvement in the 1970 Sterling Hall bombing on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Features the words, "Free Karl" over an image of a flame. Caption at bottom reads, "Karl Armstrong is a prisoner of war charged with the bombing of the A.M.R.C., a military research center in Madison, Wisconsin. Please send contributions to the Karl Armstrong Defense Comm., c/o Madison Defense League, Box 1134, Madison, Wis. 53700."
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From a collection of over 100 posters collected in the 1970s at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
