1930s Vintage Motorcycle Gal Adventurers Print - Young Lovers - Favorite Poster From The Standard Tap, Philadelphia - Northampton

1930s Vintage Motorcycle Gal Adventurers Print - Young Lovers - Favorite Poster From The Standard Tap, Philadelphia - NorthamptonTreasures from THE MOTORCYCLE & SCOOTER COLLECTION at Lost Highways Archive & Research Library. By exclusive arrangement with The Grand Review. Print size 22 x 33 3 8, and and unlike all of our other prints in this collection which have been consciously formatted to work with more standard size frames, this is from a rediscovered small stash created 20 years ago for a specific event. The one we have on our wall at home was framed by our local framer

Treasures from THE MOTORCYCLE & SCOOTER COLLECTION at Lost Highways Archive & Research Library. By exclusive arrangement with The Grand Review.

Print size 22 x 33 3/8, and and unlike all of our other prints in this collection which have been consciously formatted to work with more standard size frames, this is from a rediscovered small stash created 20 years ago for a specific event. The one we have on our wall at home was framed by our local framer with a straightforward metal frame and regular glass for a quite reasonable cost.

This wonderful large print came from a modest stash that resurfaced recently. Offset printed on very fine heavy gauge semi gloss art stock over 20 years ago, it was originally put together for the very first Lesbian Festival in Northampton, Mass, as a fundraiser for TLC, The Lesbian Calendar. Problem was the table for TLC was right at the crossroad between the music and craft area, and that first year the organizers hadn't figured on having to spray the dirt roads to control the dust clouds, so these great posters were set aside in the interest of just promoting The Calendar and surviving through the weekend!

A handful of them went west and I would occasionally see them as groove props on the walls in films and television shows. One ended up with The Hell's Angels at their NYC East Village clubhouse and one was given to Philadelphia's Standard Tap in Northern Liberties. Standard Tap framed it and it was a much beloved part of the character of the place for many years until, I'm sorry to say, it disappeared late one night.

I just love the sense of adventure, carefully posed or not, that is being suggested here. A handsomely beautiful gal in riding jodhpurs, boots and ruggedly elegant shirt with cufflinks stopping to go over the map with our bee stung hard luck beauty, on the road with her belongings balled up in her bindle. That bike'll seat two, you bet!

• Handmade item
• Materials: Art stock enhanced matte paper, archival ink
• Made to order
• Only ships within United States.

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