Larry Buttwinick drag party

Video
Metadata
Content Type
Content Type
Video
Collection(s)
Collection(s)
Larry Buttwinick collection (2006-44)
Description
Description
A digitized 8mm film of people in drag at a house party, circa 1965-1975, from the Larry Buttwinick papers (2006-44).. The people are having fun, getting dressed, modeling, and celebrating. The film is from the collection of Larry Buttwinick (1924-2004), a gay man who attended drag parties starting in the 1950s.

Larry Buttwinick (1924-2004) was a gay Jewish man and an original member of the Imperial Court of San Francisco. His life intersected with prominent LGBTQ figures such as Jose Sarría (drag star, political activist, and founder of the Imperial Court) and Henry Diekow (a drag artist also known as the Baroness von Dieckoff). Buttwinick was born in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles in 1924 and served in World War II before moving to San Francisco in 1954, where he remained until his death in 2004. He was also a member of the Society for Individual Rights (SIR), an early gay and lesbian rights organization, and one of the founders of the Lavender Seniors of the East Bay.
Resource Type
Resource Type
Moving Image
Extent
Extent
1 item
Subject
Subject
LGBTQ
Drag
Gay men
Geographic Subject
Geographic Subject
San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)
Persons
Persons
Creator (cre): Larry Buttwinick
Date Created Qualifier
Date Created Qualifier
approximate
Date Created
Date Created
1965 to 1975
Publication Note
Publication Note
Conservation and digital capture of this media was made possible by a grant from the Al Larvick Conservation Fund in partnership with Pro8mm.
Rights
Rights

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