Vietnam Moratorium May 8, 9, 10 Accession Number: ARTV03025

Description

This poster was created by the Vietnam Moratorium Campaign, a group created to facilitate Vietnam War protest action in Australia, in 1970 to provide a program for events for the 8th-10th of May. 8 May was the first of three Australia-wide Moratorium protests. This particular protest was the largest of the three. As described by the poster, there were multiple events relating to each Moratorium. In this case, there were events such as pop groups performing and a prayer vigil.

The poster is titled 'Vietnam Moratorium / May 8,9,10.' at the top of the poster with, the Moratorium wheel symbol in the lower left corner beside the text "WITHDRAW ALL TROOP NOW / REPEAL THE NATIONAL SERVICE ACT".

Details

Accession Number
ARTV03025
Artist
Unknown
Publisher
SYDNEY : [VIETNAM MORATORIUM CAMPAIGN, N.D.] (SYDNEY : COMMENT PUBLISHING COMPANY)
Classification
Art
Object Type
Poster
Physical Description
Medium: letterpress on paper
Measurement
Overall: 50.7 cm x 36.8 cm
Medium
letterpress on paper
Date Made
1970
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
presented by S J Woods, 1980
Copyright
AWM copyright

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