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Seeking Stories of Queer California: A Hidden Histories Online Exhibit

William Haines, rendering of living room of the Sidney and Frances Brody residence, Beverly Hills, circa 1952

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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