Item #6258 Helix Vol. I No. 2. March 13, 1967 Featuring Jacques Moitoret Masthead; Printed Black-and-White; Article on History of the Union Light Company. JOURNALISM - Underground Press - Seattle, Paul DORPAT, Walt Crowley John Cunnick.
Helix Vol. I No. 2. March 13, 1967 Featuring Jacques Moitoret Masthead; Printed Black-and-White; Article on History of the Union Light Company
Helix Vol. I No. 2. March 13, 1967 Featuring Jacques Moitoret Masthead; Printed Black-and-White; Article on History of the Union Light Company

Helix Vol. I No. 2. March 13, 1967 Featuring Jacques Moitoret Masthead; Printed Black-and-White; Article on History of the Union Light Company

Seattle: Helix, 1967. Jacques Moitoret. First Printing. Tabloid Newspaper. Tabloid printed on newsprint measuring 11.5 x 17 inches. Pp. 24. Printed in black-and-white, with interior leaves on blue or green newsprint. Slight edge-wear with age-toning. A presentable, well-preserved copy. Very Good. Item #6258

An early issue of the Seattle underground bi-weekly (that transitioned to a weekly in September 1969) with articles on "Afro-American Jobs," Eric Ramhorst on Country Joe and the Fish, Paul Dorpat on "the Hippie Migration" or "Invasion," and an article on the Chief Seattle Flower Potlatch at Volunteer Park.

In late spring 1967, Helix joined a burgeoning underground press then including groundbreaking alternative papers the East Village Other, the Los Angeles Free Press, the Fifth Estate and the Berkeley Barb. Founded by Paul Sawyer, Paul Dorpat and Lorenzo Milam, it sprang from their intellectual fervor at the Free University, an alternative thinktank they also founded. Eventually star-illustrator Walt Crowley assumed editorship.

A pebble in the shoe of Seattle establishment, the "hip rag" brought attention to civic injustice by rallying its youthful readership to activism. The apogee of that effort followed the 1970 killing of students at Kent State: over the course of May 5-8, Helix organized protests that blocked US Interstate 5 while marching between the University District and rallies at the Federal Courthouse in downtown Seattle. Early issues are increasingly scarce. This issue is housed in a removable, clear sleeve with an acid-free backing.

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Price: $100.00