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Crowd at Gay Community Services Center, 1971

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LGBTQ+ Life in California Beth McDonald
Contents of this tag:
1. Crowd at Gay Community Services Center, 1971
2. Two cross-dressing women, undated
3. Two cross-dressing women, undated
4. Having A Drink on Catalina Island, undated
5. 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.
6. Prop 8 What Should We Amend Next?, 2008
7. Mr. Muscle Beach Contest, 1950
8. March on Irvine for Lesbian and Gay Rights, 1990
9. Mother Vol. 1, no. 1, June 1971
10. Ginger Rogers Beach, 1941
11. Men in drag, circa 1900s, image (front) and inscription (back)
12. Bathers on Crystal Beach, 1920
13. Contact: A Directory of Gay, Homosexual, and Lesbian Feminist Organizations and Resources, 1977
14. Two women embracing and kissing, 1923
15. Main Street, Santa Monica, undated
16. Fun Map Palm Springs/San Diego, 1991
17. A letter from the California Lavender Smokefree Network sent to Los Angeles County Supervisor Gloria Molina, March 31, 1995
18. Gay & Lesbian L.A. history map, 2000
19. Portrait of William Andrews Clark, Jr., 1925
20. Gay U.S.A. '76 broadside, 1976
21. Portrait of Harrison Post, 1920
22. The Prodigal, Vol. II, No. 20, May 21, 1971
23. Clark Library vestibule ceiling, 1925
Communities Beth McDonald
Contents of this tag:
1. Crowd at Gay Community Services Center, 1971
2. Couple dancing at Studio One, undated
3. Gay Dating Service Head, 1982
4. The Golden Bull, 2023
5. LGBT Center sign - Sin comunidad, no hay liberación, undated
6. Marie Cartier graduation celebration, 2010 Women applauding Marie Cartier at a party celebrating her graduating from Claremont College with a PhD in theology. Hot Java coffeehouse was transformed into a gay women's bar from the 1950s. The Front row: Marie Cartier in cap and gown and Carolyn Weathers in rhinestone glasses. Middle row: unknown, Jayne Doolittle-Swanson in striped shirt and Jeanne Cordova in hat. Back row, mostly obscured, Pat Lamis in hat, unknown woman with hands in air. May 22, 2010.
7. Gold record for "Melissa Etheridge" album by Melissa Etheridge, 1988
8. Robert Arthur, Ivy Bottini, Quentin Crisp, Morris Kight, and Patricia Nell Warren, 1994
9. Membership card to the 1350 Club, 1981
10. Oedipus Motorcycle Club members outside The Golden Bull Steakhouse in Santa Monica, 1991
11. ShoreBar, formerly the S.S. Friendship, 2023
12. Poster for the Stud Bar, circa 1978
13. First Ladies Memorial Dance Marathon button, 1978
14. Highways Bar, 2023
15. Hey Young Lesbians, undated
16. Matchbook from Details: a place to Dine and Dance, undated
17. Crystal Beach Bathhouse, 1943
18. The Beverly Cinema Club broadside, circa 1972
19. Ginger Rogers Beach, 1941
20. Contact: A Directory of Gay, Homosexual, and Lesbian Feminist Organizations and Resources, 1977
21. Bathers on Crystal Beach, 1920
22. Fun Map Palm Springs/San Diego, 1991
23. The Center News, 1986
24. Main Street, Santa Monica, undated
25. The Prodigal, Vol. II, No. 20, May 21, 1971
26. A letter from the California Lavender Smokefree Network sent to Los Angeles County Supervisor Gloria Molina, March 31, 1995
27. Outcast, circa 1978