TITLE | DESCRIPTION | DATE CREATED | IS FORMAT OF |
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Joseph (Roz) Photographs, 2010-08 | Roz Joseph (1926–2019) was a San Francisco-based photographer who in the mid-1970s photographed the pageantry and activism of the city’s diverse drag cultures at Gay Freedom Day parades, Halloween celebrations, Imperial Court coronations and drag and costume balls. The collection consists of matted… Show more | 1975/1984 | |
Coming Out Practice | A tape from the Daniel A. Smith and Queer Blue Light Videotapes collection. Queer Blue Light was a gay activist video collective active in San Francisco in the 1970s. Daniel Smith was a member of the collective. In 2011, GLBT Historical Society volunteer John Raines digitized 79 of the nearly… Show more | 1972/1979 | |
Ron Stivers Tape I Home | A tape from the Daniel A. Smith and Queer Blue Light Videotapes collection. Queer Blue Light was a gay activist video collective active in San Francisco in the 1970s. Daniel Smith was a member of the collective. In 2011, GLBT Historical Society volunteer John Raines digitized 79 of the nearly… Show more | 1972/1979 | |
Ron Stivers Tape #2 | A tape from the Daniel A. Smith and Queer Blue Light Videotapes collection. Queer Blue Light was a gay activist video collective active in San Francisco in the 1970s. Daniel Smith was a member of the collective. In 2011, GLBT Historical Society volunteer John Raines digitized 79 of the nearly… Show more | 1972/1979 | |
Francis Femia performance | A tape from the Daniel A. Smith and Queer Blue Light Videotapes collection. Queer Blue Light was a gay activist video collective active in San Francisco in the 1970s. Daniel Smith was a member of the collective. In 2011, GLBT Historical Society volunteer John Raines digitized 79 of the nearly… Show more | 1972/1979 | |
Improv skits | Home movie footage of a group of friends doing improv skits at the kitchen table. Circa 1970s. From the Daniel A. Smith and Queer Blue Light Videotapes collection (#1999-52), GLBT Historical Society. In 2011, GLBT Historical Society volunteer John Raines digitized 79 of the nearly 100 tapes in… Show more | 1972/1979 | |
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 | |
Black Cat menu | A menu from the Black Cat. | 1950 | |
Black Cat menu, front | A menu from the Black Cat bar. | 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… Show more | 1950 |