Tabletop Protest Sign
Description: circa 1950's enameled steel kitchen table
( legs removed )
Dimensions: 47" x 25" x 1"
Condition: wear from exposure over time, 3 rusted nail holes top center
Inscription: painted in red, free-hand style:
LOCAL PEOPLE
SPEAK-OUT
STOP MAX'S HIPPY MUSIC FESTiVAL
NO 150'000 HiPPiEs HERE
( legs removed )
Dimensions: 47" x 25" x 1"
Condition: wear from exposure over time, 3 rusted nail holes top center
Inscription: painted in red, free-hand style:
LOCAL PEOPLE
SPEAK-OUT
STOP MAX'S HIPPY MUSIC FESTiVAL
NO 150'000 HiPPiEs HERE
Photographed Monday July 21, 1969 and published with the article copied below in The Times Herald Record of Middletown, NY the following day, this sign was nailed to a fencepost alongside route 17B about a quarter mile from Max Yasgur's dairy farm. Despite the public protest, that monday night the Bethel Town Zoning Board approved Woodstock Ventures' plan to hold a three day event on the 600 acre farm.
