Dan Nicoletta photographs of San Francisco queer culture [graphic]. 1975-2001.

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Dan Nicoletta photographs of San Francisco queer culture [graphic]. 1975-2001.

Photographs documenting queer culture of San Francisco, chiefly during the 1970s. Subjects include Nicoletta, Harvey Milk, Sylvester (Sylvester James), Divine (Harris Glenn Milstead), Edith Massey, San Francisco Gay Pride Parade, drag queens, Trocadero Transfer dance club, the Angels of Light theater troupe, Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti.

1 box and 10 oversize folders (44 photographic prints) : 11 x 14 in. or smaller

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SNAC Resource ID: 7996225

UC Berkeley Libraries

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Ferlinghetti, Lawrence, 1919-2021

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Lawrence Ferlinghetti was an American poet and publisher, most closely associated with the Beat movement. Born in New York, Ferlinghetti suffered several family-related tragedies in his youth, and was raised in unusual circumstances. Educated at the University of North Carolina, he served in World War II, and continued his education at Columbia and The Sorbonne. He moved to San Francisco, where he co-founded City Lights book store and publishing house, which became integral wi...

Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997

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Irwin Allen Ginsberg was born on June 3, 1926 in Newark, New Jersey to Louis and Naomi (Levy) Ginsberg. American poet, author, lecturer, and teacher who was one of the core members of the Beat Generation of American author's in the 1950's and early 1960's along with Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs, and Neal Cassady. He died of complications of liver cancer on April 6, 1997. From the description of Allen Ginsberg papers, 1937-1994. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 462019390 ...

Milk, Harvey, 1930-1978

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Harvey Bernard Milk (May 22, 1930 – November 27, 1978) was an American politician and the first openly gay elected official in the history of California, where he was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Although he was the most pro-LGBT politician in the United States at the time, politics and activism were not his early interests; he was neither open about his sexuality nor civically active until he was 40, after his experiences in the counterculture movement of the 1960s. In ...

Divine, 1945-1988

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Harris Glenn Milstead (October 19, 1945 – March 7, 1988), better known by his stage name Divine, was an American actor, singer, and drag queen. Closely associated with the independent filmmaker John Waters, Divine was a character actor, usually performing female roles in cinematic and theatrical productions, and adopted a female drag persona for his music career. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, to a conservative middle-class family, Milstead developed an early interest in drag while working as a...

Massey, Edith, 1863-1946

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Sylvester, 1947-1988

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Angels of Light (Theatrical troupe)

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Nicoletta, Daniel, 1954-

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Daniel Nicoletta is a San Francisco-based freelance photographer who has been documenting the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender communities since 1975. He was hired by Harvey Milk to work at Castro Camera and later worked on Milk's supervisorial campaigns. His work has been featured in The times of Harvey Milk, Sex is, The mayor of Castro Street, Gay by the Bay, and many other venues. From the description of Daniel Nicoletta photographs collection, 1976-2000. (San Francisco Pub...

Trocadero Transfer (San Francisco, Calif.)

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