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This is a collection of "xerocracy," or photocopied flyers, from the first year or so of Critical Mass at its point of origin in San Francisco, starting with the very first flyer that invited people to meet at the foot of Market Street and ride home together. It starts in September 1992 and goes through 1993. | This is a collection of "xerocracy," or photocopied flyers, from the first year or so of Critical Mass at its point of origin in San Francisco, starting with the very first flyer that invited people to meet at the foot of Market Street and ride home together. It starts in September 1992 and goes through 1993. | ||
[[Image:First-ever-flyer.jpg| | [[Image:First-ever-flyer.jpg|330px|thumb|left|First-ever flyer inviting people to ride together, September 1992]] [[Image:Hey-get-our-of-our-way-b-w-1992.jpg|330px|thumb|right|October 1992: This image by JR Swanson was used many times during the first months and became an iconic representation of the early Critical Mass]] [[Image:Critical-Comments-on-the-Critical-Mass-nov-92.jpg|330px|thumb|left|Critical comments on Critical Mass after the first two rides by Chris Carlsson]] | ||
[[Image:Joel-problems-and-solutions-flyer-Oct-92.jpg|720px|thumb|Joel Pomerantz made this elaborate chart and distributed it at the 2nd Critical Mass in October to address many of the issues that had already emerged from the start]] | [[Image:Joel-problems-and-solutions-flyer-Oct-92.jpg|720px|thumb|Joel Pomerantz made this elaborate chart and distributed it at the 2nd Critical Mass in October to address many of the issues that had already emerged from the start]] | ||
[[Image:Save-the-Reindeer-Ride-a-Bike.jpg| | [[Image:Save-the-Reindeer-Ride-a-Bike.jpg|330px|thumb|left|Silly invite to the December ride, 1992]] [[Image:When-in-Drought-Ride-a-Bike-Jan-1993.jpg|330px|thumb|right|Another silly invite to the January 1993 mid-winter (and mid-drought) ride]] | ||
[[Image:Ban-Cars-on-Market-and-Smell-the-Flowers March-1993.jpg| | [[Image:Ban-Cars-on-Market-and-Smell-the-Flowers March-1993.jpg|330px|thumb|left|The theme of banning cars on Market also became a recurrent one, starting here in March 1993]] [[Image:All-Tied-up-in-Traffic March-1993.jpg|330px|thumb|right|March 1993 proposed route and handout]] | ||
[[Image:No-Life.jpg| | [[Image:No-Life.jpg|330px|thumb|left|These were produced as flyers and as sheets of small stickers in February 1993]] [[Image:No-Breathing.jpg|330px|thumb|right|flyers and stickers of these, too, along with 4-5 other "sign" designs]] | ||
[[Image:Get-Off-Your-Asphalt April-1993.jpg| | [[Image:Get-Off-Your-Asphalt April-1993.jpg|330px|thumb|left|April 1993, two-sided with "We're Sorry!" Later became small handbills handed out for a couple of years]] [[Image:Asphalt-side-2-Were-Sorry april-1993.jpg|330px|thumb|right|Flipside of Get Off Your Asphalt, April 1993]] | ||
[[Image:Good-Mileage-out-of-Gulf-War-bike-or-bus March-1993.jpg| | [[Image:Good-Mileage-out-of-Gulf-War-bike-or-bus March-1993.jpg|330px|thumb|left|Hand-painted with a tire and red paint by Beth Verdekal, March 1993]] [[Image:CM-Missives-1 April-30-1993.jpg|330px|right|thumb|First appearance of "Critical Mass Missives" which would appear monthly into 1995]] | ||
[[Image:CM-Bicyclist-Alert-May-1993.jpg| | [[Image:CM-Bicyclist-Alert-May-1993.jpg|330px|thumb|left|Solidarity with the first person whose bike was wrecked by a motorist during the April 1993 ride]] [[Image:Map-of-proposed-route-for-May-1993.jpg|330px|thumb|right|Proposed routes started to become more elaborate as the months went by, this for May 1993]] | ||
[[Image:CM-Missives-2 May-7-1993.jpg| | [[Image:CM-Missives-2 May-7-1993.jpg|330px|thumb|left|Critical Mass Missives #2, May 1993, side one]] [[Image:CM-Missives-2 Page-2 May-7-1993.jpg|330px|thumb|right|Critical Mass Missives #2, May 1993, side two]] | ||
[[Image:CM-Missives-3 Page-1-and-4 June-22-1993.jpg|330px|left|thumb|Critical Mass Missives #3, June 1993]] [[Image:CM-Missives-3 Page-2-and-3 June-22-1993.jpg|330px|right|thumb|Critical Mass Missives #3, June 1993]] | |||
[[Image:CM-Missives-4 Page-1 July-23-1993.jpg|330px|thumb|left|Critical Mass Missives #4, July 1993, Page 1]] [[Image:CM-Missives-4_Page-2_July-23-1993.jpg|330px|thumb|right|Critical Mass Missives #4, July 1993, Page 2]] | |||
[[Image:CM-Missives-4 Page-3 July-23-1993.jpg|330px|thumb|left|Critical Mass Missives #4, July 1993, Page 3]] [[Image:CM-Missives-4 Page-4 July-23-1993.jpg|330px|thumb|right|Critical Mass Missives #4, July 1993, Page 4]] | |||
[[Image:Alter-the-Mass side-1 August-1993.jpg|left|thumb|330px|August 1993]] [[Image:Alter-the-Mass side-2 August-1993.jpg|right|thumb|330px|August 1993, side 2]] | |||
[[Image:CM-1st-anniversary Sept-24-1993.jpg]] | |||
'''First Birthday of Critical Mass, September 1993.''' | |||
[[Image:CM-Missives-5 Page-1 October-29-1993.jpg|330px|left|thumb|Critical Mass Missives #5, October 1993, page 1]] [[Image:CM-Missives-5 Page-2 October-29-1993.jpg|330px|right|thumb|Critical Mass Missives #5, October 1993, page 2]] | |||
[[Image:CM-Missives-5 Page-3 October-29-1993.jpg|330px|left|thumb|Critical Mass Missives #5, October 1993, page 3]] [[Image:CM-Missives-5 Page-4 October-29-1993.jpg|330px|right|thumb|Critical Mass Missives #5, October 1993, page 4]] | |||
[[Image:Coptalk-1 Nov-1993.jpg|330px|left|thumb|With rising tensions with the police, Viktor Veysey decided to meet them individually, and he published this account in November 1993, page 1]] [[Image:Coptalk-1 Nov-1993 side-2.jpg|With rising tensions with the police, Viktor Veysey decided to meet them individually, and he published this account in November 1993, page 2]] | |||
[[Image:CM-Missives-6.1 Nov-19-1993 sides-1-and-4.jpg|330px|left|thumb|Critical Mass Missives #6.1, the short version, November 1993, side one]] [[Image:CM-Missives-6.1 Nov-19-1993 sides-2-and-3.jpg|330px|left|thumb|Critical Mass Missives #6.1, the short version, November 1993, side two]] | |||
[[Image:CM-Missives-6.2 the-long-versino Nov-19-1993 side-1.jpg|330px|left|thumb|Critical Mass Missives #6.2, the long version, November 1993, side one]] | |||
[[category: 1990s]] [[category:Bicycling]] [[category:Dissent]] [[category:Media]] | [[category: 1990s]] [[category:Bicycling]] [[category:Dissent]] [[category:Media]] | ||
Revision as of 16:28, 6 August 2012
Primary Source
This is a collection of "xerocracy," or photocopied flyers, from the first year or so of Critical Mass at its point of origin in San Francisco, starting with the very first flyer that invited people to meet at the foot of Market Street and ride home together. It starts in September 1992 and goes through 1993.
First Birthday of Critical Mass, September 1993.
