Amazon Bookstore Celebrating 20 Years of Women's Culture 1970-1990

Work on Paper

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Wanderground Lesbian Archive/Library

Name/Title

Amazon Bookstore "Celebrating 20 Years of Women's Culture" 1970-1990

Entry/Object ID

2024.12.95

Tags

Women in Print (Books & Publishers)

Description

Poster for Amazon Bookstore's 20th anniversary in 1990 - detailed cartoon drawing by Alison Bechdel of compilation of everyday occurrences in the bookstore location on Hennepin Ave, in Minneapolis, MN. 3 copies (1 framed and hung on Wall in Storage Room; other 2 are in the Oversized Poster Box (1 was flattened out and put in an L-sleeve and 1 is matted on foam board and put in plastic)

Artwork Details

Medium

Paper

Context

Amazon Bookstore operated in Minneapolis, MN from 1970 to 2012. Alison Bechdel would often call the staff at Amazon for interesting new stories. Amazon stories provided inspiration for the Madwimmin bookstore in the "Dykes to Watch Out For" for comic strips.

Collection

Women in Print

Category

Poster

Made/Created

Artist

Alison Bechdel

Date made

1990

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Autographed

Dimensions

Height

15 in

Width

22 in

Location

Box

Poster Box 3 (Oversized Misc.)

Room

Storage Room

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Alison Bechdel

Related Places

Place

* Untyped Place

Amazon Bookstore

City

Minneapolis, MN

Related Publications

Publication

Dykes to Watch Out for Series published by Firebrand Books

Web Links and URLs

Video: Before Amazon was Amazon, Alison Bechdel's website, Wanderground's book inventory (to search for titles by Bechdel)

Create Date

March 13, 2026

Update Date

October 7, 2026