Photos of City Lights Books [graphic] ca. 1950-1963.

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Photos of City Lights Books [graphic] ca. 1950-1963.

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Views of City Lights Books storefront and window displays, portrait of unidentified man, bulletin board, Allen Ginsberg holding sign in front of City Lights.

21 items (photographic print and postcards) : b&w ; various sizes.

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City lights books

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City Lights Books, the first all paperback bookstore in the country, was started in San Francisco in 1953 by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, in partnership with Peter Martin. Situated in North Beach on Columbus Avenue, it quickly became the center for the beat poets and other experimental writers who figured strongly in the city's literary renaissance. From the description of City Lights Books records, 1953-1970. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 227535655 ...