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Underground Newspaper Cover: The Needle
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Cover of "The Needle," an underground magazine published in New York. The cover art, featuring a cherub-like creature with the face of Robert Kennedy, was created by artist Sid Hammer. Hammer was also a political activist who lived in the upper west side of New York City.
1968
Hammer, Sid
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W013JPN
WHi 50372
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