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GLBT Historical Society poster collection
GLBT-POSTER
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Title: GLBT Historical Society poster collection
Dates: circa 1950-2015
Collection Number: GLBT-POSTER
Creator/Collector:
Extent: Approximately 250 posters
Online items available
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: The GLBT Historical Society collection of LGBTQ posters documents a diverse range of subjects, groups, and events. The posters
provide visual and material evidence of the queer community’s engagement with social, cultural, and political dynamics throughout
the 20th and 21st centuries.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
Contact the GLBT Historical Society archives for information about permissions and rights.
[Identification of item]. GLBT Historical Society poster collection. Collection Number: GLBT-POSTER. GLBT Historical Society
This is an artificial collection of various donations assembled over many years by staff of the GLBT Historical Society. Item-level
provenance information is available for some of the items. Contact the archives to learn more.
Scope and Content of Collection
The GLBT Historical Society collection of LGBTQ posters documents a diverse range of subjects, groups, and events. The posters
provide visual and material evidence of the queer community’s engagement with social, cultural, and political dynamics throughout
the 20th and 21st centuries. Some of the posters have been digitized and made available online: https://www.glbthistory.org/poster-collection.
GSSO linked terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000374; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000381; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_001593;
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_001590; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000130; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_001443;
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_001236http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000268; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000521;
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_003450; http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D001154
Gay men
Lesbians
Bisexual people
Transgender people
Drag
Kink
Leather
AIDS (disease)
Art
Erotica
San Francisco (Calif.)