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Seeking Stories of Queer California: A Hidden Histories Online Exhibit

Photograph of Florence Yoch and her partner Lucile Council, circa 1940

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1. Portrait of Marie Corelli, 1908
2. Aché: A Journal for Black Lesbians, Vol. 1, no. 1, February 1989
3. Aché: A Journal for Lesbians of African Descent, Vol. 3, no. 1, February/March 1991
4. Robert Arthur, Ivy Bottini, Quentin Crisp, Morris Kight, and Patricia Nell Warren, 1994
5. 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.
6. Sheila Kuehl (L) and Judy Abdo (R), December 14, 1997
7. The Killing of Sister George
8. A celebration of adult Bar and Bat Mitvahs at Congregation Kol Ami, 2000
9. Lesbian Visibility Week poster, 1990
10. Lesbian Wedding, 1987
11. Lesbian parents and their children at the March on Washington, 1993
12. 3a Marcha Lésbica, 2006
13. Sheila Kuehl for Supervisor, circa 2014
14. Gold record for "Melissa Etheridge" album by Melissa Etheridge, 1988
16. Poster for Carolyn Weathers : shitkickers & other Texas stories
17. Marie Corelli and Bertha Vyer, 1921
18. 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. 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.
19. Pandora's Box, 1929
20. Home, circa 1982
21. Profile of Vanessa Romain, 2023
22. Connie Samaras, #16 from the series Edge of Twilight, 2013
23. Gay & Lesbian L.A. history map, 2000
24. Tribal Connexions: A Celebration of 2 Years of Aché, 1991
25. Laura Aguilar, #19, from the series Plush Pony, 1992
26. Unattributed photograph of Zoe Akins, circa 1930s
27. Lesbian Libertys, 2009
29. Laura Aguilar, #20, from the series Plush Pony, 1992
30. Willa Cather, letter to Zoë Akins, May 4, 1918
31. The Word is Out, 1977
32. Two women embracing and kissing, 1923
33. Laura Aguilar, #6, from the series Plush Pony, 1992
35. Dracula's Daughter, circa 1936
36. Lesbian Dyke March poster, 1996
37. First Ladies Memorial Dance Marathon button, 1978
38. Photograph of Florence Yoch and her partner Lucile Council, circa 1940
39. Cover of manual for "Civil Rights for Lesbians and Gay Men: A Reference Manual for City and County Officials", 1990
40. Thirteen Women, 1932
41. Aché: A Journal for Black Lesbians, Vol. 2, no. 6, November/December 1990
43. Florence Yoch, landscape design, “A Hillside Garden for Mr. George Cukor, West Hollywood,” 1936
44. Hey Young Lesbians, undated All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Director of Library and Archives, North Baker Research Library, California Historical Society, 678 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. Consent is given on behalf of the California Historical Society as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner. Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
45. Eloise Klein Healy, typescript draft of poem, “There Are No Words for the Sexual Acts of Lesbians,” circa 1984
46. Black Lesbian Newsletter, December 1982
47. Aché: A Journal for Black Lesbians, Vol. 1, no. 2, March 1989
48. Profile of Ellen Ward, 2023
49. Connie Samaras, #11 from the series Edge of Twilight, 2013