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The Giraffe records
2001-22  
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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Scope and Content of Collection
  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: The Giraffe records
    Dates: circa 1979-1999
    Collection Number: 2001-22
    Creator/Collector:
    Extent: 3 linear feet
    Repository: GLBT Historical Society
    San Francisco, California 94103
    Abstract: The Giraffe was a San Francisco, Polk Street gay bar owned by Carl Youngert and Larry Earl from 1979 to 2001. Included in the collection are business records (including liquor and business licenses), a photograph, leaflets, banners, a cutout plywood giraffe, a ceramic statue of a giraffe, San Francisco Pool Association materials, a ceramic red AIDS Ribbon Christmas Tree ornament, plaques, as well as personalia and photographs belonging to John Mark Schultz, perhaps a bar employee.
    Language of Material: English

    Access

    Collection is open for research with the following restriction: Mailing lists and other records holding the names, addresses, and/or phone numbers of individuals will be restricted for 20 years.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item]. The Giraffe records. Collection Number: 2001-22. GLBT Historical Society

    Acquisition Information

    Gift of Alex Rooney on July 15, 2001.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    The Giraffe was a San Francisco, Polk Street gay bar owned by Carl Youngert and Larry Earl from 1979 to 2001. Included in the collection are business records (including liquor and business licenses), a photograph, leaflets, banners, a cutout plywood giraffe, a ceramic statue of a giraffe, San Francisco Pool Association materials, a ceramic red AIDS Ribbon Christmas Tree ornament, plaques, as well as personalia and photographs belonging to John Mark Schultz, perhaps a bar employee. GSSO Linked Terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_008517; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000374

    Indexing Terms

    Nightlife
    Gay men