End Vietnam War – Get the Boys Home Now

End Vietnam War – Get the Boys Home Now 1970

Vietnam Moratorium Campaign (Vic)

Registration number

1728157

Artist/maker

Vietnam Moratorium Campaign (Vic)

Title

End Vietnam War – Get the Boys Home Now

Production date

1970

Medium

screenprint

Dimensions (H x W x D)

30.5 x 25.5 cm

Inscriptions

END VIETNAM WAR / GET THE BOYS HOME NOW! / VIETNAM? / SUPPORT MORATORIUM / MAY 8-9-10 / Authorised by: L. CARMICHAEL, Amalgamated Engineering Union, 174 Victoria Parade, East Melbourne

Credit line

Purchased, 2018
City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection

Keywords

Vietnam War, moratorium, 1970

Summary

This poster promotes the first moratorium rally staged in May 1970, at which more than 100,000 people crowded along Bourke Street in protest against the war in Vietnam.