TITLE | DESCRIPTION | DATE CREATED | IS FORMAT OF |
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Vanguard Street Sweep (1) | An image of the Vanguard Street Sweep protest, an action by the LGBTQ youth group Vanguard. The protest reclaimed the streets of the Tenderloin from police officers who would "sweep" for trans people, queer people, and sex workers. By physically sweeping the streets, Vanguard argued that Tenderloin residents should define what their community needed, and that what they needed was a clean and safe place to live, free of harassment. |
1966 | |
Crowd of people (1) | A crowd of people at an outdoor event, from the same roll of film as the Vanguard Street Sweep photographs. |
1966 | |
Crowd of people (2) | A crowd of people at an outdoor event, from the same roll of film as the Vanguard Street Sweep photographs. |
1966 | |
Overturned car (1) | An overturned car, from the same roll of film as the Vanguard Street Sweep photographs. |
1966 | |
Overturned car (2) | An overturned car, from the same roll of film as the Vanguard Street Sweep photographs. |
1966 | |
Three people with bench | Three people, possibly members of Vanguard, from the same roll of film as the 1966 Vanguard Street Sweep photographs. |
1966 | |
Vanguard 1966 Street Sweep Photographs 2021-21 | Photographs of Vanguard's 1966 Street Sweep demonstration in San Francisco. Vanguard was an organization of LGBTQ youth and others living on the streets of the Tenderloin district in San Francisco. The Street Sweep was organized to demonstrate their commitment to the neighborhood and to protest ongoing police harassment. This collection also contains photographs of another protest and a few unidentified subjects. |
1966 | |
Counterprotest against neo-Nazi group (1) | A counterprotest against a neo-Nazi group in San Francisco. |
1966 | |
Counterprotest against neo-Nazi group (1) | A counterprotest against a neo-Nazi group in San Francisco. |
1966 | |
Counterprotest against neo-Nazi group (3) | A counterprotest against a neo-Nazi group in San Francisco. |
1966 | |
Black Cat menu | A menu from the Black Cat. |
1950 | |
Black Cat menu, front | A menu from the Black Cat bar. |
1950 | |
SUB-EPH Folder Presidio Theater (Underground Cinema) 1966 | Presidio Theater film screening schedule March 5 through May 7, 1966. |
1966 | |
Janet MacHarg marching in protest, circa 1950 | A series of photographs of Janet MacHarg in her youth performing with her guitar and marching in what is believed to be a protest against the United States government's support of Generalissimo Francisco Franco. |
1950 | |
Janet MacHarg with companion, circa 1950 | Photograph of Janet MacHarg playing guitar with a companion. The companion in this photograph is presumed to be MacHarg's lifelong partner Evie. |
1950 | |
Hobby Directory, March 1950 | The March 1950 issue of 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. |
1950 |