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Vegetarianism

 Subject
Subject Source: Fast

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Counter-cultural ephemera

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1011
Abstract

This artificially assembled collection consists of ephemera associated with various alternative lifestyle and counter-cultural movements of the 1960s and 1970s that were concerned with world peace, environmentalism, experimentation with hallucinogenic drugs, vegetarianism, and communal living.

Dates: 1960 - 1981

Genesis 1:29 restaurant menu, 1970s

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 31151034394001], Folder: 4
Scope and Contents This restaurant menu from Cleveland, OH vegetarian restaurant Genesis 1:29 features a fully hand-drawn design with city sights and messages to the customer drawn in the margins. Messages to the customer include: the biblical verse Genesis 1:29 for which the restaurant is named, "Distinguish between a menu and a food," a request to tip their server, "Remember: life is too important to waste time having fun," and a note that food prices have increased and increased prices reflect their higher...
Dates: 1970s

Press photograph of The Farm, 1981 April

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 31151034394001], Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

This press photograph was taken at Stephen Gaskin's Summertown, TN commune called The Farm. It shows a group of women preparing a vegetarian meal in the kitchen of one of the shared houses in the community, with laundry hanging on lines overhead.

Dates: 1981 April