TITLE | DESCRIPTION | DATE CREATED | IS FORMAT OF |
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Castro #1 | Raw footage from the 1976 documentary short film The Castro: A Definitively Biased View. The tape depicts Castro neighborhood streetscapes and business interiors, including several antique stores, a spice shop, a clothing store, and a restaurant. It also includes an interview a gay activist,… Show more | 1976 | |
Castro #2 | Raw footage from the 1976 documentary short film The Castro: A Definitively Biased View. The tape depicts a ventriquist act and a drag performance utilizing yellowface at an unnamed performance venue. Yellowface refers to a tradition of theatrical and musical performance, originating in the mid-… Show more | 1976 | |
Castro #3 | Raw footage from the 1976 documentary short film The Castro: A Definitively Biased View. The tape includes an extended interview with Scott Smith inside Castro Camera and a tour of Lee Mentley's home art gallery, the Hulah Palace (sometimes spelled Hula Palace). | 1976 | |
The Castro: A Definitively Biased View | A documentary short film about life in the Castro. Depicted are neighborhood streetscapes and business interiors, including several antique stores, a spice shop, a clothing store, and a restaurant; an interview with Scott Smith inside Castro Camera; a conversation with performer Pristine Condition… Show more | 1976 | |
Gay Freedom Day Parade 1976 | Gay Freedom Day Parade 1976 in San Francisco, CA. Film by Rich Weiss from the Henri Leleu collection. Leleu (1907-1996) was a gay man who was active in the San Francisco leather scene and participated in LGBTQ community groups. File name: glbths 1997-13 7 011 sc | 1976 | |
Tom Baker oral history recording | Oral history of Tom Baker (S. Thomas Baker), interviewed by Shawn Sprockett in January 2024. At the time of the oral history, Baker was a 93 year-old gay man living in the Castro in San Francisco, CA. He had lived in San Francisco for nearly 50 years. The interview discusses Baker’s early life and… Show more | 2024 | |
Tom Baker oral history transcript | Transcript of an oral history of Tom Baker (S. Thomas Baker), interviewed by Shawn Sprockett in January 2024. At the time of the oral history, Baker was a 93 year-old gay man living in the Castro in San Francisco, CA. He had lived in San Francisco for nearly 50 years. The interview discusses Baker’… Show more | 2024 | |
Mr. Club Baths Contest Chicago | A video from the Charles Cyberski Videotapes collection. Charles Cyberski (February 12, 1949-September 28, 1993) was a gay video journalist and, with his partner Richard Wright (July 5, 1955-October 20, 1990), owner and operator of the mail-order video business Male Entertainment Network (MEN). MEN… Show more | 1976 | |
1976 Castro Street Fair Copy #1 | Footage of the 1976 Castro Street Fair, taken by Daniel Smith, a member of the Queer Blue Light Video collective. 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… Show more | 1976 | |
Castro Street Fair 1976 Copy #3 | Footage of the 1976 Castro Street Fair, taken by Daniel Smith, a member of the Queer Blue Light Video collective. 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… Show more | 1976 | |
1976 Castro Street Fair Original Tape 1 | Footage of the 1976 Castro Street Fair including an interview with Harvey Milk, taken by Daniel Smith, a member of the Queer Blue Light Video collective. From the Daniel A. Smith and Queer Blue Light Videotapes collection (#1999-52), GLBT Historical Society. In 2011, GLBT Historical Society… Show more | 1976 | |
1976 Castro Street Fair Original Tape 2 | Footage of the 1976 Castro Street Fair, taken by Daniel Smith, a member of the Queer Blue Light Video collective. 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… Show more | 1976 | |
Gay Health Board Elections Original | Footage of interviews with people in the Castro about the Gay Health Board Election and the Gay Health Project, made by Daniel Smith and the Queer Blue Light Video collective. Some of this clip is audio-only. From the Daniel A. Smith and Queer Blue Light Videotapes collection (#1999-52), GLBT… Show more | 1976 | |
Holiday letter 1978 | A holiday letter D'Anne wrote in 1978. It references the assassinations of Harvey Milk and George Moscone. | 1978-12 |