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Title: John C. Redding poster collection
Dates: circa 1970-1990
Collection Number: 1994-09
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 2 boxes of oversized posters
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: The collection contains posters salvaged from public places in San Francisco by Redding. Most of these posters are 82 x 11
inch photocopied handbills for new wave, punk, or hard-core groups performing at local bars and nightclubs. Redding also collected
AIDS and queer activist posters of the late 1980s and early 1990s, as well as a substantial number of posters for performance
events.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
[Identification of item]. John C. Redding poster collection. Collection Number: 1994-09. GLBT Historical Society
Gift of Judy Wilson on May 2, 1994.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection contains posters salvaged from public places in San Francisco by Redding. Most of these posters are 82 x 11
inch photocopied handbills for new wave, punk, or hard-core groups performing at local bars and nightclubs. Redding also
collected AIDS and queer activist posters of the late 1980s and early 1990s, as well as a substantial number of posters for
performance events. GSSO linked terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_004300; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_008517;
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D001154
Music
Art
Nightlife