American Historical Ephemera & Photography

Most posters approx. 14 x 20 in., or slightly larger, promoting performances by various artists at 1601 West Evans, Denver, CO, such as Blue Cheer, Other Half, Sons of Champlin, Jim Kweskin, Chuck Berry, Canned Heat, Soul Survivors, and Box Tops. San Francisco, CA: Family Dog Productions, 1967. 

Includes: FD D10-1. -- FD D11-1, 13 x 23 in. (light creasing to top margin). -- FD D12-1. -- FD D13-1. -- FD D14-1. -- FD D15-1. -- Together, 6 posters in near excellent to excellent condition, some with minimal edge and corner wear, some with toning to margins on rectos and versos. 

Family Dog Productions was founded in 1966. Chet Helms, Family Dog's most notable promoter, began commissioning posters to advertise concerts primarily held at San Francisco's Avalon Ballroom beginning in 1966. The highly decorative posters, which feature vibrant, psychedelic graphics and references to hippie culture became so popular that they were soon produced and sold for profit.  Family Dog Productions' core group of artists came to be known as the "San Francisco Five," and included Stanley Mouse, Wes Wilson, Rick Griffin, Alton Kelly, and Victor Moscoso. 

As Family Dog's stint at the Avalon began to wind down in 1968, the budget for promotion was reduced. The promoters started utilizing black and white imagery for the posters, and as a result, the final posters in the Family Dog Avalon Ballroom series relied primarily on photographic imagery.