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Lynn Brown photographs
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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Scope and Content of Collection
  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Lynn Brown photographs
    Dates: 1976-1985
    Collection Number: 2017-24
    Creator/Collector: Brown, Lynn
    Extent: 4.1 linear feet (1 manuscript box, 1 half manuscript box, and 2 oversized boxes)
    Repository: GLBT Historical Society
    San Francisco, California 94103
    Abstract: This collection includes negatives, contact sheets, and photographic prints by Lynn Brown (died 2021 March 22), a lesbian photographer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Photos include individual portraits; couples photos; pregnancy photos; and photos of numerous dancers, stage actors, and musicians, including Tuxedo Moon and Irit Levy. Each folder contains a detailed inventory, created by Brown, of the people, locations, and events depicted.
    Language of Material: English

    Access

    Collection is open for research.

    Publication Rights

    All requests for reproductions and/or permission to publish or quote from material must be submitted in writing to the GLBT Historical Society Archivist. Permission for reproductions and/or permission to publish or quote from material is given on behalf of the GLBT Historical Society as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item]. Lynn Brown photographs. Collection Number: 2017-24. GLBT Historical Society

    Acquisition Information

    Gift of Lynn Brown, 2017.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    This collection includes negatives, contact sheets, and photographic prints by Lynn Brown (died 2021 March 22), a lesbian photographer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Photos include individual portraits; couples photos; pregnancy photos; and photos of numerous dancers, stage actors, and musicians, including Tuxedo Moon and Irit Levy. Each folder contains a detailed inventory, created by Brown, of the people, locations, and events depicted. A related collection (GLC 40/Lynn Brown Papers) is held by the San Francisco Public Library's James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center (https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8w95hg2/admin/)

    Indexing Terms

    LGBTQ
    Lesbians
    Photography
    Dance
    Theater
    Music
    San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)
    Photographs