The Abracadada Rubber Stamp Museum

Another archival gem from the vaults! In the mid '80's I had the pleasure of illustrating rubber stamp designs for the Abracadada Rubber Stamp Company (Stamp Francisco). The company was owned and run by William Gaglione and his lovely wife Darlene, both who also happened to be the founders of the Bay Area Dadaists and major performance artists with a rich history of Dada / Performance art in San Francisco (I would later join the Bay Area Dadaists and wreak some DADA havoc, but that's another video series).
William was also a collector and archiver of everything rubber stamp, and his basement housed a makeshift rubber stamp museum supreme. It was a rare treat for anyone who happened by the house during 'operating' hours and got the e-ticket tour from William himself!

This was a short video I shot of William in his Rubber Stamp Museum giving the lens the full rubber stamp experience, shot for a video class and around 1986, it was part of a series I did called 'OBSESSIONS OF HABIT' and included many weird and wonderful collections (and the people who collected them). William's wife Darlene collected egg-beaters (!) and her segment is also on YouTube. Also part of this series is a collector of Barbie Dolls (one of each, from the first to the most current) and a guy who was building a 4-crew ship in his backyard - all to be uploaded soon. Enjoy.

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• Rubber
• stamps
• dada
• gaglione
• abracadada
• performance
• art
• kalynn

[stampscapes]

Great stuff. When was this video taken?

[iuoma]

@ElaineBarrDesigns in Chicago?

[dickcamnitz]

Excellent collection and video presentation.

Nice collection of older stamps.

[ElaineBarrDesigns]

Great video! where is the museum today?