Shades of LGBTQI, Shades of San Francisco
Donor description: Top left: Don in auto in France. Don was stationed there in Korean War, taken about 1950 Middle left: "Jacky" - a boy Don met in France - they were lovers (they met at age 15 and 18). Taken in France, probably, during the war, in Paris. Bottom right: Jacques and Don in Jones Beach, 1961. Top right: Don and "Jacky"/Jacques in Teaneck, New Jersey taken in the 1950s. Don brought Jacky and his family to the U.S. The parents of Jacques had a restaurant in Nancy, France, and taught Don to cook. Don opened a restaurant with Jacky in Teaneck. Bottom left: Jacques and his parents in New York City, 1961. Don and Jacky each married waitresses in their New Jersey restaurant! Don wanted kids.