1960s scrapbooks

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GLBT Historical Society

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San Francisco, California 94103

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2023

Descriptive Summary

Title: 1960s scrapbooks

Dates: circa 1960-1969

Collection Number: 1992-15

Creator/Collector:

Extent: 1.25 linear feet (1 carton)

Repository: GLBT Historical Society

San Francisco, California 94103

Abstract: This collection consists of a set of 12 labeled vinyl albums from the 1960s containing clippings and ephemera on gay fashions, cartoons, sex devices, and personal correspondence ads from various sources.

Language of Material: English

Access

Collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item]. 1960s scrapbooks. Collection Number: 1992-15. GLBT Historical Society

Scope and Content of Collection

This collection consists of a set of 12 labeled vinyl albums from the 1960s containing clippings and ephemera on gay fashions, cartoons, sex devices, and personal correspondence ads from various sources. The person who compiled them is not identified. A few rare items of ephemera have been transferred to the Ephemera Collection, including a business card for San Francisco's first leather bar, the Why Not. The scrapbooks are labeled Friend-to-Friend Club, No. 1-3; Lonely Heart Ads, No. 1; Miscellaneous Gay Ads, No. 1; Gay Cartoons, Cards, No. 1; Gay Fashions, No. 1-2; Articles, No. 1-2; Clippings Developed, No. 1. GSSO linked terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000374

Indexing Terms

Gay men