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“Harvey Milk Lives” graffiti
2014-09  
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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Scope and Content of Collection
  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: “Harvey Milk Lives” graffiti
    Dates: 1983
    Collection Number: 2014-09
    Creator/Collector:
    Extent: 1 oversized box
    Repository: GLBT Historical Society
    San Francisco, California 94103
    Abstract: This is a section of concrete bearing the graffiti “Harvey Milk Lives,” from the sidewalk in front of 495 Castro St., the location of Milk’s Castro Camera Store, in San Francisco. It dates from 1983.
    Language of Material: English

    Access

    Collection is open for research.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item]. “Harvey Milk Lives” graffiti. Collection Number: 2014-09. GLBT Historical Society

    Acquisition Information

    Gift of John Dennis, on behalf of the San Francisco Department of Public Works, on July 8, 2014. At the request of the GLBTHS, the fragment was preserved during demolition in mid-June 2014 , in connection with the sidewalk widening and streetscape improvement project in the Castro.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    This is a section of concrete bearing the graffiti “Harvey Milk Lives,” from the sidewalk in front of 495 Castro St., the location of Milk’s Castro Camera Store, in San Francisco. It dates from 1983.

    Indexing Terms

    Milk, Harvey