TITLE | DESCRIPTION | DATE CREATED | IS FORMAT OF |
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Patrons at Compton's Cafeteria | Patron's at Compton's Cafeteria. |
1970 | |
Bill Beardemphl and Johnny DeLeon at waterfront | Photograph of Bill Beardemphl and his lifelong partner Johnny DeLeon. |
1970 | |
Rodgers Bruce 2010-03 | Bruce G. Rodgers was the author of The Queens’ Vernacular: a Gay Lexicon, a dictionary of gay slang. He was born October 15, 1942 in Wisconsin, moved to San Francisco in 1966 and died August 10, 2009. He is buried at the Santa Clara Mission Cemetery. Rodgers graduated from Wausau Senior High School in Wausau, Wisconsin in 1959. He attended Barstow Jr. College, 1960-1961 and University of Southern Nevada, 1961-1963. During the 1960s he worked as a teletype operator and supervisor for Review Journal Daily in Las Vegas and as a teletype operator at the Wall Street Journal in San Francisco. In the 1970s he worked in order fulfillment at Western Tape in Mountain View, California, then in the1980s at Albert L. Shultz Jewish Community Center in Palo Alto. He retired in 1996. On his resume (circa 1982), Rodgers describes his personal interests: “I have an overriding interest in linguistics and languages. I (sic) am reading fluent in Spanish, French, Judeo-Spanish, and Hebrew, and am knowledgeable of Japanese, Chinese, Russian, Italian, German, and Turkish. I am constantly interested in slang expressions in all languages.” His partner from 1966 to 1989 was Joe Jenkins (1935-1989) who had an interest in George Washington memorabilia. Jenkins’ collection of George Washington memorabilia was donated by Rodgers to the San José Historical Museum (currently History San José) in 1994.
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1942 to 2009 | |
Sylvester and family, circa 1970 | 1970 | ||
Sylvester in mesh blouse, circa 1970 | 1970 | ||
Folsom Street Parade | "Folsom Street Parade," 1970, in San Francisco, CA. This event may also have been called the Age of Aquarius parade. Floats featuring Black Sabbath, Warner Brothers, drag queens, and others. Film by Henri Leleu (1907-1996), a gay man who was active in the San Francisco leather scene and participated in LGBTQ community groups. File name: glbths 1997-13 7 010 sc |
1970 | |
Gilbert Baker in uniform | A Polaroid snapshot of a young Gilbert Baker in Army uniform, possibly with his mother and sister. |
1970 | |
Stud bar exterior | A scanned slide showing the exterior of the Stud. |
1970 | |
Missouri Mule bar exterior | A scanned slide showing the exterior of the Missouri Mule bar. |
1970 |