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Title: Ram Studios records
Dates: circa 1980-1996
Collection Number: 2003-22
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 5.1 linear feet
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: This collection contains records from Ram Studios, an art and erotic photography studio in San Francisco owned by photographer
Frank Tarsitano, aka Franco. The records include administrative and model files; financial and legal records; a small amount
of correspondence; photographs of models, benefits and events; negatives; proof sheets; and posters. Franco photographed a
wide variety of subjects, from gay men to lesbians to bisexuals to transgender and genderqueer people and the leather scene.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research. Mailing lists and other records holding the names, addresses, and/or phone numbers of individuals
will be restricted for 20 years. The erotica in this collection may only be viewed by researchers age eighteen and over and
it is made available for educational and research purposes.
[Identification of item]. Ram Studios records. Collection Number: 2003-22. GLBT Historical Society
Gift of Wendy Bignall on June 17, 2003. Bignall received the material from Frank Tarsitano.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection contains records from Ram Studios, an art and erotic photography studio in San Francisco owned by photographer
Frank Tarsitano, aka Franco. The records include administrative and model files; financial and legal records; a small amount
of correspondence; photographs of models, benefits and events; negatives; proof sheets; and posters. Franco photographed a
wide variety of subjects, from gay men to lesbians to bisexuals to transgender and gender queer people and the leather scene.
GSSO Linked Terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_003450; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_008194; http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D001154;
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000374; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000381; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_001590;
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000130
Erotica
Photography
Art
Gay men
Lesbians
Bisexual people
Transgender people