Vanguard 1966 Street Sweep photographs

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GLBT Historical Society

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San Francisco, California 94103

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2023

Descriptive Summary

Title: Vanguard 1966 Street Sweep photographs

Dates: 1966

Collection Number: 2021-21

Creator/Collector:

Extent: 1 folder of photographs

Online items available

Repository: GLBT Historical Society

San Francisco, California 94103

Abstract: Photographs of Vanguard's 1966 Street Sweep demonstration in San Francisco. Vanguard was an organization of LGBTQ youth and others living on the streets of the Tenderloin district in San Francisco. The Street Sweep was organized to demonstrate their commitment to the neighborhood and to protest ongoing police harassment.

Language of Material: English

Access

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

All requests for reproductions and/or permission to publish or quote from material must be submitted in writing to the GLBT Historical Society Archivist.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item]. Vanguard 1966 Street Sweep photographs . Collection Number: 2021-21. GLBT Historical Society

Acquisition Information

Gift of Alexander Akin, January 2021.

Scope and Content of Collection

Photographs of Vanguard's 1966 Street Sweep demonstration in San Francisco. Vanguard was an organization of LGBTQ youth and others living on the streets of the Tenderloin district in San Francisco. The Street Sweep was organized to demonstrate their commitment to the neighborhood and to protest ongoing police harassment.

Indexing Terms

Transgender people

Photography

Tenderloin (San Francisco, Calif.)

Gay men

Lesbians

Bisexual people

Vanguard