TITLE | DESCRIPTION | DATE CREATED | IS FORMAT OF |
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Bill Beardemphl and Johnny DeLeon with plants | Photograph of Bill Beardemphl and his lifelong partner Johnny DeLeon. |
2000 | |
Shocktoberfest 2000 poster | 2000 | ||
COLAGE Kids Club Fun Pages (1) | The COLAGE Kids Club Fun Pages, an undated standalone publication. |
2000 | |
COLAGE Kids Club Fun Pages (2) | The COLAGE Kids Club Fun Pages, an undated standalone publication. |
2000 | |
Boyz 2 Girlz postcard | 2000 | ||
Hobby Directory | Hobby Directory (1946-circa 1952) was a small publication in which male hobbyists could publish personal ads and meet friends who shared their interests. The magazine quickly acquired a large gay male readership, and gay men used their ads to connect with one another. The men's descriptions of their hobbies -- for example, ballet, interior decorating, or collecting photographs of weightlifters -- were designed to signal that they were gay, as well as genuinely describing themselves to romantic prospects.
Hobby Directory was a fairly mainstream publication which was sold in craft stores and advertised in the magazines Popular Mechanics and Popular Science. Its reasons for ceasing publication are unknown, but historians have suggested that it may have fallen victim to enforcement of the Comstock Laws, which forbade sending "obscene" materials through the mail. |
1946 to 1952 | |
Betsy Ross essay | An essay about the life and popular image of Betsy Ross, written by Gilbert Baker. |
2000 | |
Hobby Directory instructions | Instructions on placing a personal ad in the magazine Hobby Directory.
Hobby Directory (1946-circa 1952) was a small publication in which male hobbyists could publish personal ads and meet friends who shared their interests. The magazine quickly acquired a large gay male readership, and gay men used their ads to connect with one another. The men's descriptions of their hobbies -- for example, ballet, interior decorating, or collecting photographs of weightlifters -- were designed to signal that they were gay, as well as genuinely describing themselves to romantic prospects.
Hobby Directory was a fairly mainstream publication which was sold in craft stores and advertised in the magazines Popular Mechanics and Popular Science. Its reasons for ceasing publication are unknown, but historians have suggested that it may have fallen victim to enforcement of the Comstock Laws, which forbade sending "obscene" materials through the mail. |
1946 to 1952 | |
D'Anne for supervisor | D'Anne holding a campaign poster for her 2000 run for the Board of Supervisors. |
2000 |