Oversized photograph. Photograph caption on Feb. 15, 1981 reads: "Drivers traveling eastbound at the intersection of the Santa Monica and Harbor freeways had a bit of a surprise yesterday. They found themselves staring at four of the best-known faces in the world. The faces, of course, belonged to the Beatles. And they were on a poster draped on the side of the Casa Camino Real building. The poster was created by a student at the Otis Art Institute. Part of its purpose was to make a statement in favor of gun control. Soon, however, it will have a more commercial function. It will be used to advertise a "Beatles convention" that will be held in the building on March 14 and 15". Photograph caption on Feb. 24, 1981 reads: "Missing sign: a case of freeway robbery. Tom Zotos hoisted this 35-foot-high sign a few weeks ago on a building near downtown Los Angeles so motorists eastbound on the Santa Monica Freeway would get his messages: control guns, and attend an upcoming Beatles' festival sponsored by Zotos. Sunday afternoon, somebody stole the sign. Zotos said he had heard mosty from people who liked the sign, a mural majority of sorts, but that he also had heard from people upset by the sign's pro-gun control theme". Photograph dated: Feb. 12, 1981.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;28 x 36 cm. Photographic prints
Beatles--Portraits Gun control--California--Los Angeles Billboards--California--Los Angeles Advertising--Social aspects--California--Los Angeles Advertising--Music--California--Los Angeles Interstate 110 Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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