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Seeking Stories of Queer California: A Hidden Histories Online Exhibit

Book Cover: Ballet by Cecil Beaton, 1951

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1. Rock Hudson
2. Rope, 1947-1948
3. My Beautiful Laundrette, circa 1985
4. The Killing of Sister George
5. Gold record for "Melissa Etheridge" album by Melissa Etheridge, 1988
6. Finocchio's: House of the Fabulous Female Impressonators, undated A postcard of Finocchio's, that was a nightclub and bar in San Francisco. It shows five female impersonators standing in the back and five sitting in the front. The steps are a black and white checkered pattern and the background appears to be the stage. From left to right, starting in the back, a performer is wearing a bright pink robe with light pink feather lining, a silver patterned dress, silver shoes, and bright pink long earrings. Next the performer is wearing a pink and gold robe with a high collar, a pink dress, and a pink wig. The center performer is wearing a bright pink dress with a black belt. Next the performer is wearing a black and silver waistcoat with bright pink harem pants. At the end of the back row is a performer in a dark purple robe and dress, with peacock feathers and a peacock feather headdress. The five women in the front row are seated, all in similar 1920s flapper dancer outfits in different colors. From left to right, the first two women are turned slightly to the left and are in light purple outfits with pink feather headbands. In the center, facing forward, she is in a yellow dress with a green feather headband. Next, turned slightly to the right, she is in a dark purple dress and a dark purple feathered headband. Lastly, also turned to the right, she is in an orange dress and has an orange feathered headband.
7. Gay Men's Chorus 25th Anniversary concert poster, 2004
8. The Children's Hour, 1961 Photograph of Shirley MacLaine, left, and Audrey Hepburn in a scene from The Children's Hour, and a letter from Arthur B. Krim to Eric Johnston regarding three films with homosexuality as a subject, including The Children's Hour, and requesting that the Code be amended. Photograph: Core Collection. Production files. Letter: Motion Picture Association of America Production Code Administration records.
9. Ann Margaret and Charles Pierce at Studio One, circa 1977
10. Poster and Call sheet for Making Love, 1981-1982
11. Turnabout Theater souvenir program, circa 1950
12. Outfest 07 Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival July 12-23 Film Guide, 2007
13. Pandora's Box, 1929
14. Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome, circa 1954
15. Adrian Thompson, undated
16. Tea and Sympathy, 1953-1956
17. Book Cover: Ballet by Cecil Beaton, 1951
18. Dracula's Daughter, circa 1936
19. Gregg Araki
20. Thirteen Women, 1932
21. Salome, 1922
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