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L. James Beales collection of Polk Street bar memorabilia
2008-14
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Title: L. James Beales collection of Polk Street bar memorabilia
Dates: circa 1970s-2005
Collection Number: 2008-14
Creator/Collector:
Beales, L. James
Extent: 7.5 linear feet (6 cartons, 1 oversized folder, and 1 artifact)
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: The L. James Beales Collection of Polk Street Bar Memorabilia includes flyers, invitations, photographs, t shirts and artifacts
primarily from the Rendezvous, which closed in 1998. There is also material from the Q.T., Reflections and other Polk Street
bars.
The collection also includes two cartons of buttons collection dating from the 1970s through 2005, with themes including politics,
gay and lesbian rights, safe sex, and San Francisco bars.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
Copyright to material has not been transferred to the GLBT Historical Society. 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, which must also be obtained by
the researcher.
[Identification of item]. L. James Beales collection of Polk Street bar memorabilia. Collection Number: 2008-14. GLBT Historical
Society
Gift of L. James Beales, May 2005.
Scope and Content of Collection
The L. James Beales Collection of Polk Street Bar Memorabilia includes flyers, invitations, photographs, t shirts and artifacts
primarily from the Rendezvous, which closed in 1998. There is also material from the Q.T., Reflections and other Polk Street
bars.
The collection also includes two cartons of buttons collection dating from the 1970s through 2005, with themes including politics,
gay and lesbian rights, safe sex, and San Francisco bars.
LGBTQ
Nightlife
San Francisco (Calif.)