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Norman E. Nagem photograph album
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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Scope and Content of Collection
  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Norman E. Nagem photograph album
    Dates: 1957-1972
    Collection Number: 2013-03
    Creator/Collector:
    Extent: 1 manuscript box
    Repository: GLBT Historical Society
    San Francisco, California 94103
    Abstract: Norman E. Nagem was born in New England in 1918 and died in San Francisco in 2000. This album contains photographs of Nagem and his friends at parties and balls they attended in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.
    Language of Material: English

    Access

    Collection is open for research.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item]. Norman E. Nagem photograph album. Collection Number: 2013-03. GLBT Historical Society

    Acquisition Information

    Gift of Lois Finzel on February 11, 2013.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    Norman E. Nagem was born in New England in 1918 and died in San Francisco in 2000. This album contains photographs of Nagem and his friends at parties and balls they attended in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. According to friends, Nagem had a small pension from working as a waiter at the Bohemian Club in San Francisco and owned a building in the Castro. He may have served in the Navy in World War II. Nagem had several long-term partners and many lovers. His idol was Joan Crawford--and he is shown imitating her in many of these photos. Another photograph shows Nagel and his friends at a Thoroughly Modern Millie party in 1966. See also 2000-25 Norman E. Nagem photographs. GSSO linked terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000374; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_001443; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_008194

    Indexing Terms

    Drag
    Photography
    Gay men