A beautiful hand-painted sign, spotted on Haight Street in San Francisco.
Public Collectors is founded upon the concern that there are many types of cultural artifacts that public libraries, museums and other institutions and archives either do not collect or do not make freely accessible. Public Collectors asks individuals that have had the luxury to amass, organize, and inventory these materials to help reverse this lack by making their collections public.
This page consists of sample findings and excerpts. It is also an account of the contents of my home and digital files from my camera. If you have suggestions, have a collection you want to share, or are in Chicago and would like to see something in person, please contact me. This blog is intended as a casual, more personal supplement to the main Public Collectors website.
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Zugang #5, undated, published by Lisa and Bones, location unknown. More cover scans of ‘zines from the 1980s and 90s here.
U.K. Resist #4, Spring 1991, published by Jake Lagnado, from Surrey, U.K. Thanks to Dale Johnson for sending me this ‘zine (and many others). More cover scans of ‘zines from the 1980s and 90s here.
Mars #4, from May, 1987. Published by Alec Dana / Hungry Moon Publications, from New York, New York. Many more cover scans of ‘zines from the 1980s and 90s here.
Alien Relay number 1, circa 1990. Published by Dave Shadrick from Dousman, Wisconsin. Many more cover scans of ‘zines from the 1980s and 90s here.
System Opposed #2 from 1989, published by Camille, Tustin, California. Many more cover scans of ‘zines from the 1980s and 90s here.
The January 1989 issue of System Opposed, published by Camille, Tustin, California. Many more cover scans of ‘zines from the 1980s and 90s here.
Police Band - “Stereo/Mono” 7 inch from 1979 on Vacuum Records. A New York No Wave band of sorts, also credited as Boris Police Band. Another nice cheap find from this morning.
An ad the “ESP Sampler” on Avant-Garde Records, scanned from Avant Garde magazine #5, November 1968.