All B&W posters $5 ea. A detailed description to the right of or below each poster for blind/visually
impaired customers.
"Access Problems"depicts six characters: A long
haired young man, standing, wearing a Harley
jacket and a headbqnd is holding a chain saw, is
looking at a two year old wearing a hard hat who is
pointing to some damaged concrete steps. Another
young man, standing, is wearing a muscle shirt,
jeans, and holding up a sledge hammer as if ready
to use it, A black haired woman in a Native
American beaded and fringed leather jacket, is
sitting in an electric wheelchair holding an axe. A
large, heavy set man is pushing a wheelbarrow with
some rocks in it. Cleo, the Siamese cat (Barrier
Breakers= former office supervisor and critic, long
gone to the heavy side layer, living on as our
registered trademark) is sitting on top of the
damaged steps looking down.
The caption reads, "Access problems? Our friendly
and competent barrier removal consultants are
here to assist you. Instant on site modifications our
specialty." "instant" is in large print.
16" x 20"
AWheelchair victim@ depicts a shabbily dressed
woman sprawled in the street with bags and cans
scattered around her. A man in a wheelchair is
going down the middle of the street away from her,
with tire tracks from the foreground, over the
woman=s skirt, to behind his wheelchair. Cleo, the
Siamese cat, is a few feet away from the woman,
watching from the right. The idea is to show the
wheelchair jock having bowled over the bag lady.
The caption reads, "Wheelchair victim."
16" x 20"
ADifferently Abled@ depicts a man in an electric
wheelchair from the side, with large angel wings
scanned onto the back of the wheelchair, high in
the air over a city skyline.
The caption reads, "Differently Abled.
"
16" x 20"
11" x 17" Caption reads " Handicapped Van"
This one, featuring the 1976 Ford 4 wd, lovingly known as “The Urban Assault
Vehicle,” we drove from 1995 – 1999, is for all of you who have had to hear,
“Don’t you people get rides in them handicapped vans?”
The picture depicts Barrier Breakers' 1976 Ford van, with oversize tires and axles and a raised
roof, complete with rust pots and dents. The picture is of the passenger side of the van. The
front wheel is missing, and a crutch under the front door handle is holding the van up at an
angle. Our trademark, Cleo, is looking at the van from the lower right corner.
"This Land" depicts a tall young man with long hair
and a mustache, holding a pole with a large
American flag on it, being pushed by another man,
who is leaning forward with the difficulty of pushing
the chair over grass. The flag is blowing in the
wind They are in a park. The caption reads,
"This land was made for you and me." This is the
only poster here not copyrighted by Barrier
Breakers, because it is not our poster. A friend
gave it to us in 1986, and he didn't remember
where he got it. We have had it on the wall ever
since. We FAXed and e-mailed it all over, looking
for the people who made it, and finally they found
us. It was made in 1976. The man s the
wheelchair is Ken Laux, who is quadriplegic and
works at an independent living center in Arizona,
and the man pushing the chair is Len Sawisch,
who is still in Michigan, where they made the
poster. We would like to credit them for doing it.
It=s a wonderful poster and needs to be shared,
so when we took it down in 1999 to move, we
carefully carried the crumbling original to our
printer, who scanned out the damage and
reproduced it. .
17" x 21"
"The Ten System Commandments" (11" x 17"), in
gothic type against a background of a stone arch
and pillar, is ten "thou shalt's" and "thou shalt
not's" to help you navigate the Valley of the
Shadow of the System.
11" 17"
Another poster we sell, that has too much print
to be a good graphic, is a 16" X 20" black and
white, called, "Wanted" i (16" x 20") is a
wanted poster for the generic federal/state
bureaucrat, featuring front and side views of a
Peewee Herman ventriloquist doll with glasses,
underneath, the charges: 12 counts of
indifference, 4 counts of evading direct
questions, habitual obsessive self interest,
and possession and dealing of lame excuses.
Beneath that is a detailed description of the
weasel and his or her sleazy behavior, below
which is a warning not to apprehend the felon
yourself, since he or she is heavily armed with
jargon, acronyms, and empty rhetoric, and is
dangerous to consumers needing survival
services, and idealists who still believe
government should serve the people.
"WANTED" is 16" x 20
