SFP96-004
Lee Raymond photograph album, 1975-1976
1975-1976
monographic
Raymond, Lee
Lee Raymond photograph albums, SFP 96
SFP 96
San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library
mixed material
1 volume
graphic
All requests for permission to publish from photographs must be submitted in writing to the Photo Curator. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the San Francisco Public Library as the owner of the physical items.
In copyright.
Photographs in the album document Lee Raymond's life in San Francisco 1975-1976. Photos in the album document many costumed events and the royal court including an Easter egg hunt in Jefferson Square Park and an Easter bonnet parade on Polk Street; a competition for the "Sprit of '76"; Motorcyle Clubs performance event on a ferryboat; 1976 Imperial Crown Dance at Sheraton Palace; Beaux Arts Ball at the Hyatt Regency (October 1975) and Grand Duchess II of San Francisco event. To note is a wedding ceremony for two men. There is also an event on July 28, 1975 with Harvey Milk in attendance. Other events include pool parties and a trip to Disneyland. Raymond's friend Kimo Cochran is in many of the photographs. Loose photos at the end of the album include a contest at a bar, a Christmas Variety Show performance for patients at the Fort Miley VA Hospital and a portrait series of friends. Also included are Lee Raymond's campaign buttons for Grand Duchess II and Miss Gay San Francisco. Photographic prints are both black and white and color.
Digitized with support from the California State Library's Preserving California's LGBTQ History grant project, 2019-2021.
eng
Color prints
Photograph albums
Christmas Drag queens Drag performance Gay bars Gay couples Gay men Gay motorcycle clubs Gay pride parades Photography of the nude Portraits Same-sex weddings San Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs
Raymond, Lee Cochran, Kimo
LGBTQ+ weddings
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12352/islandora:sfp96_4a