Posted 7 years ago
artfoot
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Part of the hippie experience involved passing doobies in a darkened room while altering our chromosomes staring at phosphorescent inks under garish purple lights. Those visual vibrations were provided in the form of "black light posters" that were available in hundreds, if not thousands, of varieties and designs. There were some that had national distribution here in the US but most were printed near to where they were sold. Catalog selling by mail order was done by some printers who sent them to communities where there were no "head shops".
These posters are both 1970s vintage. You can sense the age of the paper and both have evidence of actually having been pinned to someone's wall.
And no - I bought the "ZigZag Man" at the swap meet and I know who owned "Power of Eunice" (whatever that means) but - it wasn't me.
flashback memories!!
Peace brother!
A few great ones here.
If we had only known how much they would gain in value.
We just found a Power Of Eunice poster in our basement ceiling while repairing a water leak in our 1963 home! Your post is the only place on the web that we found any reference to it. We also found a "Star Mandella" poster by Star City Hollywood that seems to be a black light poster as well. Would you have any recommendations of where we could find out more about these posters and if they have any value?
Many of the 1960-70s vintage black light posters were obscure, short-run productions and I don't know of any comprehensive source of information on them. An online search for black light posters will give you an idea of the expected retail prices for some vintage items - an ebay search of sold items will give you an idea of what they sell for outside of a retail setting.