“Harvey Milk Lives” graffiti

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2023


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