AP NEWS: LOUIS ABOLAFIA & HIPPIES - VINTAGE STILL 1967
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AP PHOTO: LOUIS ABOLAFIA & HIPPIES - VINTAGE STILL 1967
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LOUIS ABOLAFIA (1941 - 1995) was an artist who ran for President of the United States under the Nudist Party on the Hippie 'Love Ticket' various times in the 1960s and onward. He ran against Richard Nixon in 1968 as the naked Hippie "love candidate" with the slogan: "What Have I Got To Hide?" The son of a New York City florist, Abolafia coined the phrase, “Make love, not war!” and was part of the Greenwich Village art scene in the 1960s. In this capacity, he organized "love-ins" and "happenings" that combined music, poetry and audience participation, inspiring the New York press to crown him “The Love King.” He became a sort of hippie poster-boy. He died of a drug overdose in 1995. 8" x 11" still, date-stamped 5-5-67 on the reverse. Very good condition with corner creases and surface wear. |
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