Sunday, August 3, 2014

A Glimpse of an Alternate History

Wandering through Second Story Books in Washington's Dupont Circle neighborhood, I saw this bit of alternate history:


From the union bug in the lower right corner, I can tell it was mass produced, rather than a limited-run art piece. But I have no idea what it meant or the exact context in which it was created. Was it a statement about Nixon during or after Watergate? Or just a bit of wishful thinking in general?
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2 comments:

  1. Unemployed DragonAugust 4, 2014 at 2:51 AM

    So glad to see that Second Story is still there. It was a favorite haunt of mine when I lived there.

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  2. Daughter Number ThreeAugust 5, 2014 at 3:02 PM

    The store seemed to be in good health. It's funny, I don't remember it being there when I lived in DC in the mid-1980s, and I did spend time in Dupont Circle. But maybe it was before my used-book addiction started.

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