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Archive of four press photos of the Yippie countercultural antiwar movement, featuring most prominently Jerry Rubin, who is also featured in two lengthy letters published in the the New York Review of Books, namely "An Exchange on Resistance" and "An Emergency Letter to My Brothers and Sisters in the Movement". New York Review of Books, February 13, 1969 and April 10, 1969 issues. Eight pages total. Photos of Rubin range from 1966-73. The earliest photo is of a stunt Rubin pulled where he has dressed up as a British redcoat with a placard reading "I wear this uniform because my country was born in revolution. Today American uses blitzkrieg bombing with jelly gasoline to destroy the Vietnamese revolution. Our soldiers have become the redcoats of the world." The Yippies were as much a performance troupe as they were antiwar activists, and their disruptive style of political activism made them well publicized, particularly when the protests they spearheaded at the 1968 Chicago Democratic National… Read More

Kurosawa's Yojimbo. Archive of 4 Original Vintage photos used as lobby cards in movie theaters. All about 7" x 9.5". Glossy and black and white. Yojimbo is a 1961 samurai film directed by Akira Kurosawa in which a ronin arrives in a small town where competing crime lords fight for supremacy. The film stars Toshiro Mifune and was nominated for the Academy Award. Yojimbo inspired several films including A Fist Full of Dollars and even Lucas' Star Wars. "Yojimbo over the years, became widely regarded as one of the best films by Kurosawa and one of the greatest films ever made." All four photos feature the title "Yojimbo" and "Der Leibwachter" in the lower white margin below. Pinhole marks in corners, but does not affect the image. In very good condition.

Yordan, Philip. Anna Lucasta. New York: Random House, 1945. SIGNED First Edition, First Printing, Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 184 pages. Measures 5.75" x 8.25". Signed and inscribed by author on front free endpaper: "For George, Whose heart is as big as all Russia, Phil." Yordan originally wrote this play about a Polish American family, but it was adapted by the American Negro Theater and performed by an all African American cast starting in Harlem in 1944. It moved to the Mansfield Theatre on Broadway in 1944 and starred Hilda Simms, Canada Lee and Alice Childress. For the time, the production was critically acclaimed for presenting a story that does not condescend African-Americans and performances from an all African-American cast. The Baltimore review called it: "the first play of colored life to recognize the fact that colored person are individuals with the same problems, ways of living, speech, and point of views as the whites." Two films were made from the play, including one in 1958 starring… Read More

Photo album of a group of outdoorsmen traveling across the united states mountains of California, Hawaii, and Alaska. 1930's. The album consist of 179 black and white silver gelatin photographs. Many with handwritten captions. Album size 9.25" x 6.5" inches. Photos range in size from 1.5" x 2.75" to 5" x 4", with most around 3.5" x 2.5" inches. Original red covers. This annotated photo album depicts a group of friends who were avid rock climbers and travelers. Many images of the group inthe majestic Yosemite landscape. A few of the subjects, but not the owner, are named, including Jack Beckett and Dick Connett. Jack Beckett was likely John C. Beckett of Palo Alto, an accomplished climber who reached the peaks of the Sierra Nevadas before the age of 18. Connett was an employee of the Yosemite Park Co. for decades and former manager of Camp Curry and the Awahnee Hotel in Yosemite. Beckett, Connett, the owner and several other friends were members of the ROTC and grew up in Palo Alto There are many… Read More

Entertainer. Signed check, dated January 8, 1973 for the amount of $464.30. Signed in blue ink: "Robert Young". In excellent condition.

Robert George Young was an American television, film, and radio actor, best known for his leading roles as Jim Anderson, the father character in Father Knows Best. Document Signed, 2 pages, quarto, dated April 2, 1979. This is an agreement for the use of his photograph and likeness. Signed in black ink: "Robert Young". In very good condition.

Young Women's Christian Association. Employment Agency Branch. York: Young Women's Christian Association, [1890s]. This pamphlet In self wrappers, details the policies for the Employment Agency Department issued by the Young Women's Christian Association. The World Young Women's Christian Association (World YWCA) is a movement working for the empowerment, leadership and rights of women. Very good.

The Y.W.C.A. Crescent. July 1892. Vol. 2, no. 4. Young Women's Christian Association, 1892. Newsletter with the slogan "Our Aim is Progress," published by the Young Women's Christian Association. Covers are loose or separated from body of the newsletter. Very good.