TITLE | DESCRIPTION | DATE CREATED | IS FORMAT OF |
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Black Cat menu | A menu from the Black Cat. |
1950 | |
Black Cat menu, front | A menu from the Black Cat bar. |
1950 | |
Victoria Schneider with COYOTE sign | Victoria Schneider marches in a Pride parade with a sign for the sex workers' organization COYOTE (Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics). |
1999 | |
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 | |
Kinsey Sicks Motel Sicks poster | 1999 | ||
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 | |
12th Annual International Two Spirit Gathering Announcement | Bay Area American Indian Two Spirits official hosting announcement of the 12th Annual International Two Spirit Gathering. This digital collection was created in part through the generous support of BAAITS via the Hewlett Foundation. |
1999 | |
Confessions of a Jewish Nun flier | A flier for an appearance by Sadie, Sadie the Rabbi Lady to promote her autobiography, Confessions of a Jewish Nun. Sadie, the drag persona of Gilbert Block, was an early member of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a group of drag nuns who do charitable work in San Francisco's queer community. |
1999 | |
Irwin Keller costume design | 1999 | ||
Baby Dyke lyrics | 1999 | ||
Rachel (Ben Schatz) with gold bow | 1999 | ||
Kinsey Sicks Motel Sicks press photograph [1] | Press photograph for the Kinsey Sicks show, "Motel Sicks: A Dragapella Summer Vacation." |
1999 | |
Kinsey Sicks Motel Sicks press photograph [3] | Press photograph for the Kinsey Sicks show, "Motel Sicks: A Dragapella Summer Vacation." Left to right: Winnie (Irwin Keller), Rachel (Ben Schatz), Trampolina (Chris Dilley), and Trixie (Maurice Kelly). |
1999 | |
Kinsey Sicks Motel Sicks press photograph [2] | Press photograph for the Kinsey Sicks show, "Motel Sicks: A Dragapella Summer Vacation." Left to right: Winnie (Irwin Keller), Rachel (Ben Schatz), Trixie (Maurice Kelly), and Trampolina (Chris Dilley). |
1999 |