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Title: Bear flag artifact
Dates: circa 1995
Collection Number: 2022-47
Creator/Collector:
Byrnes, Craig A.
Extent: 1 linear foot (1 oversized box containing 1 artifact)
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: One of the original Bear flags, created circa 1995. The flag was donated by Craig A. Byrnes. According to history provided
by Byrnes: The flag was created to be an inclusive symbol for the Bear community. The first four flags (of which this is one),
were created by Byrnes, Paul Witzkoske was the graphic designer, Bob Nicholson was the production manufacturer, and Byrnes’s
gay father, Walter Byrnes, was the financier of the project. The full history provided by Byrnes is available by request in
the archives. Please contact the archivist for more information.
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]. Bear flag artifact. Collection Number: 2022-47. GLBT Historical Society
Gift of Craig A. Byrnes, February 2022.
Scope and Content of Collection
One of the original Bear flags, created circa 1995. The flag was donated by Craig A. Byrnes. According to history provided
by Byrnes: The flag was created to be an inclusive symbol for the Bear community. The first four flags (of which this is one),
were created by Byrnes, Paul Witzkoske was the graphic designer, Bob Nicholson was the production manufacturer, and Byrnes’s
gay father, Walter Byrnes, was the financier of the project. The full history provided by Byrnes is available by request in
the archives. Please contact the archivist for more information.
Gay men
LGBTQ
Bears (Gay culture)