I used to own a bookstore and gallery, I just finished a book, and I post scans from my collection of 60s and 70s underground newspapers and counterculture magazines, 90s Hip Hop magazines, and political ephemera.
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The scan is taken from the backpage of a 1969 issue of the Seattle underground newspaper Helix, but other than the placement of ‘Beware of Chance Acquaintances!’ it is an exact reprint of an actual poster put out in the 1920s by the American Social Hygiene Association as a part of the Progressive-Era effort at sex education. The message finds new resonance in the era of free love.
