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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.

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Contents of this tag:
1. Rock Hudson
2. Rope, 1947-1948
3. Gold record for "Melissa Etheridge" album by Melissa Etheridge, 1988
4. 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.
5. Gay Men's Chorus 25th Anniversary concert poster, 2004
6. 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.
7. Ann Margaret and Charles Pierce at Studio One, circa 1977
8. Poster and Call sheet for Making Love, 1981-1982
9. My Beautiful Laundrette, circa 1985
10. The Killing of Sister George
11. Pandora's Box, 1929
12. Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome, circa 1954
13. Adrian Thompson, undated
14. Tea and Sympathy, 1953-1956
15. Book Cover: Ballet by Cecil Beaton, 1951
16. Dracula's Daughter, circa 1936
17. Gregg Araki
18. Thirteen Women, 1932
19. Salome, 1922
20. Turnabout Theater souvenir program, circa 1950
21. Outfest 07 Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival July 12-23 Film Guide, 2007
Contents of this tag:
1. Aché: A Journal for Black Lesbians, Vol. 1, no. 1, February 1989
2. Portrait of Marie Corelli, 1908
3. 3a Marcha Lésbica, 2006
4. Sheila Kuehl for Supervisor, circa 2014
5. Gold record for "Melissa Etheridge" album by Melissa Etheridge, 1988
7. Poster for Carolyn Weathers : shitkickers & other Texas stories
8. Marie Corelli and Bertha Vyer, 1921
9. 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.
10. Aché: A Journal for Lesbians of African Descent, Vol. 3, no. 1, February/March 1991
11. Robert Arthur, Ivy Bottini, Quentin Crisp, Morris Kight, and Patricia Nell Warren, 1994
12. 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.
13. Sheila Kuehl (L) and Judy Abdo (R), December 14, 1997
14. The Killing of Sister George
15. A celebration of adult Bar and Bat Mitvahs at Congregation Kol Ami, 2000
16. Lesbian Visibility Week poster, 1990
17. Lesbian Wedding, 1987
18. Lesbian parents and their children at the March on Washington, 1993
19. Thirteen Women, 1932
20. Aché: A Journal for Black Lesbians, Vol. 2, no. 6, November/December 1990
22. Florence Yoch, landscape design, “A Hillside Garden for Mr. George Cukor, West Hollywood,” 1936
23. 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.
24. Eloise Klein Healy, typescript draft of poem, “There Are No Words for the Sexual Acts of Lesbians,” circa 1984
25. Black Lesbian Newsletter, December 1982
26. Aché: A Journal for Black Lesbians, Vol. 1, no. 2, March 1989
27. Profile of Ellen Ward, 2023
28. Connie Samaras, #11 from the series Edge of Twilight, 2013
29. Pandora's Box, 1929
30. Home, circa 1982
31. Profile of Vanessa Romain, 2023
32. Connie Samaras, #16 from the series Edge of Twilight, 2013
33. Gay & Lesbian L.A. history map, 2000
34. Tribal Connexions: A Celebration of 2 Years of Aché, 1991
35. Laura Aguilar, #19, from the series Plush Pony, 1992
36. Unattributed photograph of Zoe Akins, circa 1930s
37. Lesbian Libertys, 2009
39. Laura Aguilar, #20, from the series Plush Pony, 1992
40. Willa Cather, letter to Zoë Akins, May 4, 1918
41. The Word is Out, 1977
42. Two women embracing and kissing, 1923
43. Laura Aguilar, #6, from the series Plush Pony, 1992
45. Dracula's Daughter, circa 1936
46. Lesbian Dyke March poster, 1996
47. First Ladies Memorial Dance Marathon button, 1978
48. Photograph of Florence Yoch and her partner Lucile Council, circa 1940
49. Cover of manual for "Civil Rights for Lesbians and Gay Men: A Reference Manual for City and County Officials", 1990
Contents of this tag:
1. Rock Hudson
2. Rope, 1947-1948
3. No on 6! Save our children from Hatred, Mistrust, & Bigotry!, 1978
4. HIV Discrimination sign, undated
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. Prop 8 What Should We Amend Next?, 2008
7. Campaign for Military Service poster, circa 1992
8. 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."
9. With a Little Makeup, A Straight White Man Can Play Anything!! circa 1990s
10. AIDSPHOBIA : Protect Yourself from Hollywood, 1991
11. Holy Homophobia!, 1990
12. Tea and Sympathy, 1953-1956
13. Dracula's Daughter, circa 1936
14. It's Cake, for God's Sake, 2017
15. Thirteen Women, 1932
16. They Lie We Die, circa 1991
17. Homophobia, 1993