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[Naomi Murdach collection of San Francisco gay pageant photographs].
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[Naomi Murdach collection of San Francisco gay pageant photographs]Creator/Contributor:
Murdach, Naomi, creator, creator.Abstract:
Snapshot photographs documenting pageants, drag performances, parades and other events of San Francisco's gay community between
the early 1970s and the mid-1980s. Identified events include the Great Tricycle Race, the 1974 Gay Freedom Day Parade, Madness
71 revue, and Mr. Gay San Francisco. Many events are unidentified. Murdach is likely depicted in drag in some images. A few
images depict Bob Cramer, founder of the Cable Car Awards, and at least one depicts pioneering drag performer and gay rights
advocate José Julio Sarria. Identified locations include The Mint, The Gaslight and Club Rendezvous. Also includes a few groups
of photographs taken in Mexico City, New Orleans, and Portland, Oregon.
Date:
1970 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caGay people -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs
Drag shows -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs
Female impersonators -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs
Pageants -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs
Gay theater -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs
Gay pride parades -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs
Personnes homosexuelles -- Californie -- San Francisco -- Photographies
Acteurs travestis -- Californie -- San Francisco -- Photographies
Spectacles historiques -- Californie -- San Francisco -- Photographies
Théâtre homosexuel -- Californie -- San Francisco -- Photographies
Défilés de la fierté gaie -- Californie -- San Francisco -- Photographies
Drag shows
Female impersonators
Gay pride parades
Gay theater
Gays
Pageants
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Photographs
California -- San Francisco
Murdach, Naomi -- Archives
Note:
Title devised by cataloger.
Photographer(s) unknown; most perhaps taken by Murdach.
Of the approximately 600 prints and 440 negatives, corresponding prints are present for the majority of the negatives.
The backs of a few prints bear the stamp of Murdach's pottery store: Naomi's Antiques to Go, 1207 Sutter & Polk, San Francisco.
Most negative sleeves bear hand-written descriptive annotations.
NEGATIVES: RESTRICTED. Available for use by appointment only. Inquiries should be submitted to Bancroft Reference via the
Reference Inquiry form.
Purchase ; From The Book Shop, LLC, with funding from the Reva and David Logan Foundation ; 2016.
Naomi Murdach (aka Clinton E. Tutt) was the proprietor of Naomi's Antiques to Go, a reputable San Francisco store specializing
in vintage American pottery of the 1920s, 30s and 40s.
Naomi Murdach collection of San Francisco gay pageant photographs, BANC PIC 2016.089, The Bancroft Library, University of
California, Berkeley.
Type:
graphicArchives
Photographs
Physical Description:
photonegative
photoprint
approximately 1,040 photographs in 2 boxes : chiefly color prints and color film negatives ; sheets 20 x 26 cm or smaller
Language:
English
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NEGATIVES: RESTRICTED. Available for use by appointment only. Inquiries should be submitted to Bancroft Reference via the
Reference Inquiry form.