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Underground Newspaper Cover: Chinook
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Cover of "Chinook," an underground newspaper, featuring an ethereal drawing of a male hiker holding out a sign with an infinity symbol on it, as though he were hitchhiking. The headline reads, "An Astral Project."
August 13, 1970
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W013JPJ
WHi 50368
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Underground Newspaper Cover: The Second Coming
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Underground Newspaper Cover: Kaleidoscope
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Cover of "Kaleidoscope," an underground newspaper, featuring a photograph of Native American Chief Sitting Bull, highlighted with red.
Underground Newspaper Cover: Octopus
1969
Cover of "Octopus," an underground newspaper, featuring five bearded men being restrained by octopus tentacles, reminiscent of the Roman statue of the Laocoön.
Underground Newspaper Cover: Liberation News Service
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Cover of "Liberation News Service," an underground news bulletin, featuring a Vietnamese woman carrying a firearm on her shoulder.
