My wife and I don't like the term "head shop." We are in the youth-oriented business. In seven years we have never been hassled by the police. We don't use drugs; we want to protect our livelihood. [from Working]

Collection Artwork

Artist

Bill Owens (born San Jose, California, 1938)

Title

My wife and I don't like the term "head shop." We are in the youth-oriented business. In seven years we have never been hassled by the police. We don't use drugs; we want to protect our livelihood. [from Working]

Creation date

1975

Materials

gelatin silver print

Dimensions

paper size: 10 x 8 in.
image size: 8 1/4 x 6 5/8 in.

Credit Line

Gift of M. Robin Krasny

Accession Number

2019.47.34

Series

Working

Object Type

Photographs

Marks

Inscribed in pencil, verso, lower left: BO-1129 4000
Inscribed in black ink, verso, center: w-806
Signed in pencil, verso, lower right: [illegible]

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