Poster
"Time to Pick Up a Gun!?!"
![Handmade poster alluding to a statement from American social and political activist Tom Hayden, in which he allegedly asked, "[Is it] time to pick up a gun!?!" A long-haired man with a peace-symbol necklace stands atop a rifle. The meditation on the bottom addresses its reader directly, discussing the quote as it pertains to social revolutions and Christianity. The additional scrawls were presumably added by readers while the poster was hanging for public consumption.](http://images.wisconsinhistory.org/700007130001/0713000001-l.jpg "\"Time to Pick Up a Gun!?!\"")
| Handmade poster alluding to a statement from American social and political activist Tom Hayden, in which he allegedly asked, "[Is it] time to pick up a gun!?!" A long-haired man with a peace-symbol necklace stands atop a rifle. The meditation on the bottom addresses its reader directly, discussing the quote as it pertains to social revolutions and Christianity. The additional scrawls were presumably added by readers while the poster was hanging for public consumption. |
| Image ID: | 50023 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1970 |
| Creator Name: | Unknown |
| City: | Madison |
| County: | Dane |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Madison People's poster and propaganda collection collected by J. Wesley Miller, 1969-1976 |
| Genre: | Poster |
| Original Format Type: | drawings |
| Original Format Number: | PH 4003, Box 41, Folder 1 |
| Original Dimensions: | 13 x 24 inches |
| J. Wesley Miller Index No. 060758 |
| Men |
| Religion |
| Signs and symbols |
| Firearms |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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