Arthur is proud to present scans of
essential documents produced by and about the San Francisco Diggers, who
were in many ways the epicentral actors in the Haight-Ashbury during the epic,
wildly imaginative period from late ‘66 through ‘67. The Diggers’ ideas and
activities are essential counter-cultural history, sure, but they are also
especially relevant to the current era, for reasons that should be obvious to
the gentle Arthur reader.Most of the documents that we are
presenting here are broadsides originally published on a Gestetner machine
owned and operated in the Haight by the novelist Chester Anderson and his
protege/sidekick Claude Hayward, used the name “Communication Company,” or more
commonly, “ComCo.” In this January 14, 1967 broadsheet, probably distributed
along the Haight on telephone polls, walls, and in windows, ComCo passes on
some learned tips on good Bay Area headventure trips.