Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Orrin Nestos photograph albums
- Dates:
- 1937-1955
- Creators:
- Nestos, Orrin
- Abstract:
- Extent:
- 1 oversize box (1 linear foot)
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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Orrin Nestos photograph albums. GLBT Historical Society
Background
- Scope and content:
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Two photograph albums documenting the life of Orrin Nestos who lived in Hawaii and California. Little is known of Nestos other than his birth and death dates and his place of residence in the 1940 Census. The first album includes photos of Nestos with friends and family in Honolulu around 1940. The other album is from the late 1940s and early 1950s when he was living in California. There is also one folder of loose photos with several images of female impersonators including a photo of Francis Renault. Nestos died July 3, 1970. GSSO Linked Terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000374; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_001443
- Biographical / historical:
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Orrin R. Nestos was born in Washington on December 21, 1909 and died in San Francisco on July 3, 1970.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of the San Francisco Performing Arts Library Musuem in July 1996.
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- 1937-1955
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:54 p.m.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research. Funding for processing this collection was provided by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
- Terms of access:
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All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Managing Archivist at the GLBT Historical Society. Permission to publish is given on behalf of the Historical Society as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner.
- Preferred citation:
-
Orrin Nestos photograph albums. GLBT Historical Society
- Location of this collection:
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989 Market Street, Lower LevelSan Francisco, CA 94103, US
- Contact:
- (415) 777-5455