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Underground Newspaper Cover: The Screw
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Cover of "The Screw," an underground newspaper, featuring the naked torso of a woman, holding a pipe in her lap. Caption at the bottom reads, "Warning-to avoid danger of suffocation, keep away from babies and children. Do not use in cribs, beds, carriages or play pens. This bag is not a toy."
May 16, 1969
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