Penelope Houston / Avengers Collection
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Title: Penelope Houston / Avengers Collection
Dates: 1977-2017
Collection Number: SFH 671
Creator/Collector:
Houston, Penelope, 1958-
Wilsey, James Calvin, 1957-2018
Extent: Approximately 5 cubic feet.
Repository:
San Francisco Public Library. San Francisco History Center
San Francisco, California 94102
Abstract: This collection contains material documenting the Avengers, a punk band formed in 1977 in San Francisco, California.
Language of Material: English
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[Identification of item]. Penelope Houston / Avengers Collection. Collection Number: SFH 671. San Francisco Public Library.
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Scope and Content of Collection
Included in this collection are photos, fliers, posters, notebooks, tour books, buttons, press clippings and press kits, magazines,
newspapers and zines, LPs, CDs, set lists, and other ephemera.
Punk culture -- California -- San Francisco.
Punk rock musicians -- California -- San Francisco.
Punk rock music -- California -- San Francisco.
Women punk rock musicians.
Houston, Penelope, 1958-
Avengers (Musical group)
San Francisco (Calif.)
Fliers (Ephemera)