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Title: Elliot Blackstone uniform
Dates: 2006
Collection Number: 2022-83
Creator/Collector:
Elliot Blackstone
Extent: 1.5 linear feet (1 garment box)
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: Elliot Blackstone (1924-2006) was a sergeant in the San Francisco Police Department and was known as a longtime advocate for
the LGBTQ community in San Francisco. He was a pioneer of what was later known as “community policing” and worked within the
police department to change policies directed against the LGBTQ community. This collection includes Blackstone’s police uniform
that he wore as Grand Marshall of the San Francisco Pride Parade in 2006.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
Copyright to material has been transferred to the GLBT Historical Society. All requests for reproductions and/or permission
to publish or quote from material must be submitted in writing to the GLBT Historical Society Archivist.
[Identification of item]. Elliot Blackstone uniform. Collection Number: 2022-83. GLBT Historical Society
Gift of Craig Blackstone, 2022.
Scope and Content of Collection
Elliot Blackstone (1924-2006) was a sergeant in the San Francisco Police Department and was known as a longtime advocate for
the LGBTQ community in San Francisco. He was a pioneer of what was later known as “community policing” and worked within the
police department to change policies directed against the LGBTQ community. This collection includes Blackstone’s police uniform
that he wore as Grand Marshall of the San Francisco Pride Parade in 2006.
LGBTQ
Straight allies
Pride parades
Law enforcement
San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)