Collection
From police surveillance photographs of queer and sex-oriented businesses in the 1960s to the scrapbook of a lesbian bar raid in the 1950s, this digital collection showcases and preserves the...
Show moreFrom police surveillance photographs of queer and sex-oriented businesses in the 1960s to the scrapbook of a lesbian bar raid in the 1950s, this digital collection showcases and preserves the experiences of LGBTQ San Franciscans in the 20th century. In 2019, the James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center received a grant from the California State Library to digitize physically at-risk materials from five different collections in the Hormel and San Francisco History Center archives. The selected materials contain personal photographs, a scrapbook, SFPD photo negatives, and Harvey Milk’s typed, hand-annotated speeches and “Political Will” audio cassette recording. Through the process of digitization, San Francisco Public Library strives to highlight these histories and to provide wider access to these materials that exemplify how queer San Franciscans helped shape the city.
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Show moreFrom police surveillance photographs of queer and sex-oriented businesses in the 1960s to the scrapbook of a lesbian bar raid in the 1950s, this digital collection showcases and preserves the experiences of LGBTQ San Franciscans in the 20th century. In 2019, the James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center received a grant from the California State Library to digitize physically at-risk materials from five different collections in the Hormel and San Francisco History Center archives. The selected materials contain personal photographs, a scrapbook, SFPD photo negatives, and Harvey Milk’s typed, hand-annotated speeches and “Political Will” audio cassette recording. Through the process of digitization, San Francisco Public Library strives to highlight these histories and to provide wider access to these materials that exemplify how queer San Franciscans helped shape the city.
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