Street billboard, bolted to abandoned building
Title
Street billboard, bolted to abandoned building
Description
Photograph of a billboard put up after Gardner Myers was killed by police. July 1988. Lester Donaldson's name was added August 9 when he also was killed by the police.
Creator
Rocky Zenyk Dobey
Source
Personal collection.
Date
1988-07-12
Contributor
Rocky Zenyk Dobey
Rights
Rocky Zenyk
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Format
JPEG
Type
Photograph
Coverage
Baldwin St. just west of Spadina Ave, Kensington Market
Context
The police cars were yellow in 1988. The billboard had fliers for people to tear off and read about the cases. The fliers were added daily for months. It came down just before Michael Wade Lawson was killed on Dec 8, 1988.
Original Format
Painted board
Physical Dimensions
4 ft x 8 ft
Files
Collection
Citation
Rocky Zenyk Dobey, “Street billboard, bolted to abandoned building,” Alternative Toronto, accessed November 21, 2024, https://www.alternativetoronto.ca/archive/items/show/79.