Poster Poster

May Day (Monroe Avenue)

Item ID: 187
1 Media file
2026/05/08
May Day (Monroe Ave).png
Properties
Title
May Day (Monroe Avenue)
Location
510 Monroe Ave, Rochester, NY 14607
Publication Date
1977
Description
Screenshot from the Portable Channel video "Billboards and Spray Paint" of a poster wheat-pasted to raise awareness for May Day 1977. On the poster is an image of a sentence spray painted on the wall of a local union meeting place. The sentence has been modified by a passerby on the street so that the sentence now reads: "Unite and Get the Carter Off Our Backs."
Name of Collection
Portable Channel
Archived At
Visual Studies Workshop
Appears In
Billboards and Spray Paint
Billboards and Spray Paint
VideoObject Item

B-roll footage of signage, billboards and protest graffiti for use in Portable Channel's SMUT story. Cityscapes captured while driving around 1977 Roc...

Media
May Day (Monroe Ave).png
May Day (Monroe Ave).png
Metadata Information
Created
2026年5月8日 17:19
Last Modified
2026年5月11日 15:20
(Updated 2 days after creation)
Item ID
#187
Resource Class
Poster
Resource Template
Poster