FD-26 · Alton Kelley, Stanley Mouse
San Francisco
Oxford Circle
Skeleton & Roses
On Friday, September 16, 1966, the Family Dog opened a two-night stand at the Avalon Ballroom — the Grateful Dead over Oxford Circle, September 16–17 — and hung in the window the poster that would outlive every other artifact on this page. FD-26 is the "Skeleton & Roses" card, Stanley Mouse and Alton Kelley's, and it is the first appearance of the image that became the Grateful Dead's permanent face (bill, dates,…
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Matrix
On Friday, September 16, 1966, the Family Dog opened a two-night stand at the Avalon Ballroom — the Grateful Dead over Oxford Circle, September 16–17 — and hung in the window the poster that would outlive every other artifact on this page. FD-26 is the "Skeleton & Roses" card, Stanley Mouse and Alto…
Read about this poster →Fillmore Auditorium
On Friday, September 16, 1966, the Family Dog opened a two-night stand at the Avalon Ballroom — the Grateful Dead over Oxford Circle, September 16–17 — and hung in the window the poster that would outlive every other artifact on this page. FD-26 is the "Skeleton & Roses" card, Stanley Mouse and Alto…
Read about this poster →Matrix
On Friday, September 16, 1966, the Family Dog opened a two-night stand at the Avalon Ballroom — the Grateful Dead over Oxford Circle, September 16–17 — and hung in the window the poster that would outlive every other artifact on this page. FD-26 is the "Skeleton & Roses" card, Stanley Mouse and Alto…
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BG-83 — Fillmore Auditorium
On Friday, September 16, 1966, the Family Dog opened a two-night stand at the Avalon Ballroom — the Grateful Dead over Oxford Circle, September 16–17 — and hung in the window the poster that would outlive every other artifact on this page. FD-26 is the "Skeleton & Roses" card, Stanley Mouse and Alto…
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FD-81 — Avalon Ballroom
On Friday, September 16, 1966, the Family Dog opened a two-night stand at the Avalon Ballroom — the Grateful Dead over Oxford Circle, September 16–17 — and hung in the window the poster that would outlive every other artifact on this page. FD-26 is the "Skeleton & Roses" card, Stanley Mouse and Alto…
Read about this poster →FD-D2 — Family Dog Denver
On Friday, September 16, 1966, the Family Dog opened a two-night stand at the Avalon Ballroom — the Grateful Dead over Oxford Circle, September 16–17 — and hung in the window the poster that would outlive every other artifact on this page. FD-26 is the "Skeleton & Roses" card, Stanley Mouse and Alto…
Read about this poster →Straight Theater
On Friday, September 16, 1966, the Family Dog opened a two-night stand at the Avalon Ballroom — the Grateful Dead over Oxford Circle, September 16–17 — and hung in the window the poster that would outlive every other artifact on this page. FD-26 is the "Skeleton & Roses" card, Stanley Mouse and Alto…
Read about this poster →Fillmore West
On Friday, September 16, 1966, the Family Dog opened a two-night stand at the Avalon Ballroom — the Grateful Dead over Oxford Circle, September 16–17 — and hung in the window the poster that would outlive every other artifact on this page. FD-26 is the "Skeleton & Roses" card, Stanley Mouse and Alto…
Read about this poster →Family Dog on the Great Highway
On Friday, September 16, 1966, the Family Dog opened a two-night stand at the Avalon Ballroom — the Grateful Dead over Oxford Circle, September 16–17 — and hung in the window the poster that would outlive every other artifact on this page. FD-26 is the "Skeleton & Roses" card, Stanley Mouse and Alto…
Read about this poster →Were You There?
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