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Seeking Stories of Queer California: A Hidden Histories Online Exhibit

Rope, 1947-1948

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Contents of this tag:
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
Contents of this tag:
1. Cover for Gravedigger by Joseph Hansen, 1982
2. Rope, 1947-1948
3. 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.
4. Tan Suit Ensemble by James Galanos, 1962
5. Gold record for "Melissa Etheridge" album by Melissa Etheridge, 1988
6. The Soul of Lilith, 1892
7. Christopher Isherwood, typescript second draft of A Single Man, 1963
8. Don Bachardy, portrait of Stephen Spender, June 21, 1976
9. Pandora's Box, 1929
10. William Haines, rendering of living room of the Sidney and Frances Brody residence, Beverly Hills, circa 1952
11. Florence Yoch, landscape design, “A Hillside Garden for Mr. George Cukor, West Hollywood,” 1936
12. Gown by Gilbert Adrian, 1948
13. Eloise Klein Healy, typescript draft of poem, “There Are No Words for the Sexual Acts of Lesbians,” circa 1984
14. Queerios, 2015
15. Excerpt from Sketchbook 11, Morris Scott Dollens, undated
16. Laura Aguilar, #6, from the series Plush Pony, 1992
Contents of this tag:
1. Rope, 1947-1948
2. Rock Hudson
3. HIV Discrimination sign, undated
4. 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.
5. Prop 8 What Should We Amend Next?, 2008
6. No on 6! Save our children from Hatred, Mistrust, & Bigotry!, 1978
7. AIDSPHOBIA : Protect Yourself from Hollywood, 1991
8. Holy Homophobia!, 1990
9. Tea and Sympathy, 1953-1956
10. Dracula's Daughter, circa 1936
11. It's Cake, for God's Sake, 2017
12. Thirteen Women, 1932
13. They Lie We Die, circa 1991
14. Homophobia, 1993
16. Campaign for Military Service poster, circa 1992
17. Gay Marriage Case in Court, 1979 Rob Brown, Herald Examiner Collection/Los Angeles Public Library. Photograph caption reads, "From left, attorney David M. Brown, plaintiffs, Anthony Corbett Sullivan, Richard Frank Adams. Sullivan and Adams are married, Adams a US citizen and Sullivan an Australian citizen. Both were issued a marriage license in Bolder [sic] Colorado and were married in Bolder [sic]. When Sullivan reapplied in Los Angeles in November 1975, the District Director of Immigration and Naturalization Service an immigrant visa. 'You have failed to establish that a bona fide marital relationship can exist between two faggots', Dist Director."
18. With a Little Makeup, A Straight White Man Can Play Anything!! circa 1990s
Contents of this tag:
1. Rock Hudson
2. Rope, 1947-1948
3. Blue check women's suit by Gilbert Adrian, 1946-48
4. Gay Dating Service Head, 1982
5. Poster and Call sheet for Making Love, 1981-1982
6. Photo of William Haines at his holiday home, taken by Ruth Harriet Louise for Metro Goldwyn Mayer, circa 1925
7. My Beautiful Laundrette, circa 1985
8. Kenneth Anger, undated
9. Membership card to the 1350 Club, 1981
10. The Golden Bull, 2023
11. Tan Suit Ensemble by James Galanos, 1962
12. Gregg Araki
13. Every 10th Jesus is a Queer, circa 1990
14. Don Bachardy, portrait of Truman Capote, June 26, 1961
15. The World Book of Naders, undated
16. Flier advertising A Different Light bookstore's 1989 Gay Writer Series events
17. Gay Sunshine no. 6, March 1971,
18. Gay Fathers Group, 1981
19. Don Bachardy, portrait of Stephen Spender, June 21, 1976
20. Excerpt from Sketchbook 11, Morris Scott Dollens, undated
21. Charles Pierce and Virginia Grey
22. Lavendar Godzilla: Voices of the Gay Asian Pacific Alliance, April 2003
23. Gay Marriage Case in Court, 1979 Rob Brown, Herald Examiner Collection/Los Angeles Public Library. Photograph caption reads, "From left, attorney David M. Brown, plaintiffs, Anthony Corbett Sullivan, Richard Frank Adams. Sullivan and Adams are married, Adams a US citizen and Sullivan an Australian citizen. Both were issued a marriage license in Bolder [sic] Colorado and were married in Bolder [sic]. When Sullivan reapplied in Los Angeles in November 1975, the District Director of Immigration and Naturalization Service an immigrant visa. 'You have failed to establish that a bona fide marital relationship can exist between two faggots', Dist Director."
24. Cover of manual for "Civil Rights for Lesbians and Gay Men: A Reference Manual for City and County Officials", 1990
25. Salome, 1922
26. Designer Rudi Gernreich in His Office, 1969
27. Painted Rocks by Ray Lowen, undated
28. The Gay Times, interview with Joseph Hansen titled “Simple Lessons,” January 1987
29. Portrait of William Andrews Clark, Jr., 1925
30. Lesbians and Gay Men The Grand Jury's In Town, 1979 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.
31. Joseph Hansen, “Why I wrote Early Graves,” circa 1987
32. Portrait of Harrison Post, 1920
33. The Word is Out, 1977
34. Don't Give Him Anything But Love, 1973
35. Gown by Gilbert Adrian, 1948
36. Photo booth photographs of Don Bachardy and Christopher Isherwood, March 30, 1953
37. Intertwined, 2007 Artist: Luciano Martinez. As real and imagined borders separate same-sex partners, the artist considers a new obstacle Gay Latino men face: gay marriage. Intertwined addresses the forbidden love between two men, sometimes complicated by geographic and cultural differences, trapped by an invisible cell that confines yet separates them. The prison-like bars that separate the lovers in the artwork are not only geographic, racial, and cultural but ominously political, highlighting the cross-national restrictions on gay marriage and the difficulties of recognizing same-sex partners within conservative societies. Part of the exhibit "At the Heart of It: LGBT Representation at Self Help Graphics", curated by Ruben Esparza.
38. Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome, circa 1954
39. Data Boy, Issue 136: Film, January 1976
40. Newspaper clipping from photograph album showing Christopher Isherwood and W.H. Auden, ca. 1930s
41. Butch/Top, 2007 Artrist: Miguel Angel Reyes. Influenced by oddly-toned color ads from 1970's fashion magazines, play with the labels men use to describe themselves for "sex hook-ups" internet personal advertisements. Though proudly gay, the butch-top asserts his sexually dominant role as a man, dispelling the commonly-held notion that homosexual men are feminine and passive. His attitude challenges any question of machismo. Part of the exhibit "At the Heart of It: LGBT Representation at Self Help Graphics", curated by Ruben Esparza.
42. Mr. Muscle Beach Contest, 1950
44. Tea and Sympathy, 1953-1956
45. Magpie of California, May 1969
46. Ramon Novarro, circa 1920s
47. Souvenir featuring Don Bachardy from a party thrown by producer Allan Carr in honor of Truman Capote, December 13, 1979
48. Y Que, 2007 Artist: Ruben Esparza. A deliberate flat artwork with limited colors boldly represents a shirtless, masculine, queer Chicano in a powerful stance. Y Que (translates to So What). The tattoo utilizes a decorative type treatment used in gang culture; the pearl necklace is a gay code representing a particular body fluid. Part of the exhibit "At the Heart of It: LGBT Representation at Self Help Graphics", curated by Ruben Esparza.
49. Crystal Beach Bathhouse, 1943