Image: Thompson for 1970 Aspen, Colorado Sheriff poster

Description: Election poster promoting w:Hunter S. Thompson's 1970 run for sheriff of Pitkin County, Colorado. The symbol of a two-thumbed fist with a peyote button represented the so-called "Freak Power" movement, Thompson's self-proclaimed base of support. Thompson wrote about his campaign in the article "The Battle of Aspen", published in Rolling Stone magazine no. 67 (October 1, 1970).
Title: Thompson for 1970 Aspen, Colorado Sheriff poster
Credit: Scan via groundfloormedia.com. An original copy once owned by Thompson can be compared at tomwbenton.com, with further information about Benton and Thompson's early relationship.
Author: Illustrated and printed by Thomas W. Benton (1930–2007). Distributed in and around Aspen, Colorado by Benton, Thompson, and other "Freaks".
Permission: This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published in the United States between 1926 and 1977, inclusive, without a copyright notice. For further explanation, see Commons:Hirtle chart as well as a detailed definition of "publication" for public art. Note that it may still be copyrighted in jurisdictions that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works (depending on the date of the author's death), such as Canada (50 p.m.a.), Mainland China (50 p.m.a., not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany (70 p.m.a.), Mexico (100 p.m.a.), Switzerland (70 p.m.a.), and other countries with individual treaties.
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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