Collection of 1979 Event Photographs, circa 1979

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Title:: Collection of 1979 event photographs
Dates:: circa 1979
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Extent:: .01 linear feet (1 folder)
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Preferred citation:: Collection of 1979 event photographs. GLBT Historical Society

Scope and content:: This collection includes color photographs documenting 1979 events in San Francisco, including Polk Street Fair, Castro Street Fair, and San Francisco Gay Freedom Day. The photos depict Black and white men alone, in pairs, and in groups. The photographs were originally held in an unattributed scrapbook donated by Bolerium Books.
Acquisition information:: Unsolicited donation from Bolerium Books. No provenance or identifying information related to the photograph album.

Subjects:: LGBTQ
Black people
People of color
African Americans
Pride parades
Photographs
Places:: San Francisco (Calif.)

Collection Guide Author:: Finding aid created by GLBT Historical Society staff.
Date Prepared:: circa 1979
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:54 p.m.

Access and use

Restrictions:: Collection is open for research. Due to lack of provenance, photographs depicting people inside of private homes are not to be duplicated for publication.
Terms of access:: 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.

Preferred citation:: Collection of 1979 event photographs. GLBT Historical Society

Location of this collection:: GLBT Historical Society

989 Market Street, Lower Level

San Francisco, CA 94103, US