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Joseph Richard Kapps photograph album and artifacts
1997-47
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Title: Joseph Richard Kapps photograph album and artifacts
Dates: circa 1917-1994
Collection Number: 1997-47
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 2.7 linear feet
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: Joseph R. Kapps (1917-1994) was a friend of Clarkson Crane and Clyde Evans. There are two major components to the collection:
a large scrapbook-type photo album (actually a wallpaper sample book that documents many aspects of Kapps' life), and a complete
drag outfit featuring a beaded 'flapper' dress and accessories.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
[Identification of item]. Joseph Richard Kapps photograph album and artifacts. Collection Number: 1997-47. GLBT Historical
Society
Scope and Content of Collection
Joseph R. Kapps (1917-1994) was a friend of Clarkson Crane and Clyde Evans, who kept these materials after Kapps died and
passed them on to GLBTHS in late 1997. There are two major components to the collection: a large scrapbook-type photo album
(actually a wallpaper sample book that documents many aspects of Kapps' life), and a complete drag outfit featuring a beaded
'flapper' dress and accessories. Also included is a folder of loose photographs of Kapps’ family and friends, images from
an early San Francisco Artist’s Soap Box Derby, and a high school yearbook and reunion booklet.
GSSO Linked Terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000374; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_001443; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_008194
Gay men
Drag
Photography