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Peace Chain, As A Shop In The 2016 (17th Annual) How Weird Street Faire

A Peace Chain Booth
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A booth alongside Art Alley in the How Weird Street Faire was called, "A Peace Chain." It sold peace objects for use on peace chains (pendants with a medalian and several objects containing the word peace).

Peace Chain external link   •  Shops and Merchandise Booths   •  2016 (17th Annual) How Weird Street Faire external link   •  Theme this year: "The Cosmic Stew"   •  Art Alley   •  Tehama Street from 2nd Street to 1st Street   •  San Francisco, California   •  (Date Photographed: 13:18:03 Sunday 1 May 2016)   •  (Date Published: Friday 14 May 2016)   •  © 2016 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C16_1315
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The Sign
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The sign on the booth read,

It is ...
Peace Chain
For a peace chain reaction

And below that were the prices:

Art Supported with your
generosity
$5 to $10

Peace Chain external link   •  Shops and Merchandise Booths   •  2016 (17th Annual) How Weird Street Faire external link   •  Theme this year: "The Cosmic Stew"   •  Art Alley   •  Tehama Street from 2nd Street to 1st Street   •  San Francisco, California   •  37° 47' 11.33" N, 122° 23' 52.69" W   •  (Date Photographed: 14:29:21 Sunday 1 May 2016)   •  (Date Published: Friday 14 May 2016)   •  © 2016 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C16_1511
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Many Languages
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A sign read, "Peace in Many Languages." Below that was a three column list of all the languages supported.

Peace Chain external link   •  Shops and Merchandise Booths   •  2016 (17th Annual) How Weird Street Faire external link   •  Theme this year: "The Cosmic Stew"   •  Art Alley   •  Tehama Street from 2nd Street to 1st Street   •  San Francisco, California   •  37° 47' 11.33" N, 122° 23' 52.69" W   •  (Date Photographed: 14:29:26 Sunday 1 May 2016)   •  (Date Published: Friday 14 May 2016)   •  © 2016 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C16_1512
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Chinese And Scottish
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Two boxes were on the counter. One contained the Chinese word for peace, and the other the Scottish word for peace.

Peace Chain external link   •  Shops and Merchandise Booths   •  2016 (17th Annual) How Weird Street Faire external link   •  Theme this year: "The Cosmic Stew"   •  Art Alley   •  Tehama Street from 2nd Street to 1st Street   •  San Francisco, California   •  37° 47' 11.33" N, 122° 23' 52.69" W   •  (Date Photographed: 14:29:29 Sunday 1 May 2016)   •  (Date Published: Friday 14 May 2016)   •  © 2016 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C16_1513
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Tibetan, English, and Arabic
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Several other boxes included objects with the word peace in Tibetan, English, and Arabic.

Peace Chain external link   •  Shops and Merchandise Booths   •  2016 (17th Annual) How Weird Street Faire external link   •  Theme this year: "The Cosmic Stew"   •  Art Alley   •  Tehama Street from 2nd Street to 1st Street   •  San Francisco, California   •  37° 47' 11.33" N, 122° 23' 52.69" W   •  (Date Photographed: 14:29:32 Sunday 1 May 2016)   •  (Date Published: Friday 14 May 2016)   •  © 2016 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C16_1514
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Braille and Hebrew
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Four other boxes contained objects with the word peace in Hebrew, Braille, Hindi, and Japanese.

Peace Chain external link   •  Shops and Merchandise Booths   •  2016 (17th Annual) How Weird Street Faire external link   •  Theme this year: "The Cosmic Stew"   •  Art Alley   •  Tehama Street from 2nd Street to 1st Street   •  San Francisco, California   •  37° 47' 11.33" N, 122° 23' 52.69" W   •  (Date Photographed: 14:29:37 Sunday 1 May 2016)   •  (Date Published: Friday 14 May 2016)   •  © 2016 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C16_1515
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Polish And Russian
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Two boxes side by side contained the words peace in Polish and Russian (Bulgarian, Serbian, and Ukrainian).

Peace Chain external link   •  Shops and Merchandise Booths   •  2016 (17th Annual) How Weird Street Faire external link   •  Theme this year: "The Cosmic Stew"   •  Art Alley   •  Tehama Street from 2nd Street to 1st Street   •  San Francisco, California   •  37° 47' 11.33" N, 122° 23' 52.69" W   •  (Date Photographed: 14:29:40 Sunday 1 May 2016)   •  (Date Published: Friday 14 May 2016)   •  © 2016 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C16_1516
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Tagalog, Vietnamese, Portuguese
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Four boxes held the word peace in two forms of Tagalog, Vietnamese, and Portuguese (Spanish).

Peace Chain external link   •  Shops and Merchandise Booths   •  2016 (17th Annual) How Weird Street Faire external link   •  Theme this year: "The Cosmic Stew"   •  Art Alley   •  Tehama Street from 2nd Street to 1st Street   •  San Francisco, California   •  37° 47' 11.33" N, 122° 23' 52.69" W   •  (Date Photographed: 14:29:43 Sunday 1 May 2016)   •  (Date Published: Friday 14 May 2016)   •  © 2016 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C16_1517
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Many Languages
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Many boxes contained tokens in many languages, including one box that held the peace (ban the bomb) symbol.

Peace Chain external link   •  Shops and Merchandise Booths   •  2016 (17th Annual) How Weird Street Faire external link   •  Theme this year: "The Cosmic Stew"   •  Art Alley   •  Tehama Street from 2nd Street to 1st Street   •  San Francisco, California   •  37° 47' 16.76" N, 122° 23' 50.38" W   •  (Date Photographed: 14:30:00 Sunday 1 May 2016)   •  (Date Published: Friday 14 May 2016)   •  © 2016 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C16_1519
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