Show Poster from The Five and The Little Wretches at the Electric Banana
Title
Show Poster from The Five and The Little Wretches at the Electric Banana
Subject
Punk rock music
Description
Event poster for punk groups The Five and The Little Wretches performing at The Electric Banana, 3887 Bigelow Boulevard, Pittsburgh PA. The poster reads like a tabloid cover with the headline, "Teenager Poses as Couple's Missing Son - And Fools Them for 3 Years." In the left background is a monster face. The front left foreground displays another tabloid-style snipping, reading, "Fake Son. Eric Robert was welcomed into the missing boy's family, who had no doubt he was their son." A similar snipping appears in the bottom left foreground with a picture of Freddy Toulouse, reading, "Real Son. Freddy Toulouse had been missing two years when imposter stepped into his shoes."
The show took place on Saturday April 28.
The show took place on Saturday April 28.
Date
1984-4-28
Contributor
Harriet Stein (donor)
Rights
This item is presented courtesy of Harriet Stein for research and educational purposes. Images and text may not be distributed or republished without permission from the Pittsburgh Queer History Project.
Language
English
Type
Still Image
Identifier
HS-002-005-web
Coverage
Pittsburgh punk, Punk rock music, Punk culture and art, Bands (Music)
Has Format
HS-002-005
Spatial Coverage
The Electric Banana, Oakland (Pittsburgh)
Temporal Coverage
1980-1989
Collection
Citation
“Show Poster from The Five and The Little Wretches at the Electric Banana,” PQHP Online Archives, accessed May 21, 2024, https://pittsburghqueerhistory.com/omeka/items/show/1287.