Selections Work
With John Cunningham (Bill Way, the Center, Philadelphia, AIDS)
Audio
34:39 min.
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Visual finding aid (periodicals, ephemera, & clippings)
Digital slideshow, color, silent
14:05 min.
William Way LGBT Community Center periodicals collection, 1940-present ↗
William Way LGBT Community Center ephemera files, 1972-present ↗
William Way LGBT Community Center clippings file, 1979-present ↗
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Periodicals collection (TransSisters: The Journal of Transexual Feminism, Issue #2)
Reproduced publication (verso)
22 x 17 in.
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William Way LGBT Community Center periodicals collection, 1940-present ↗
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Tommi Avicolli Mecca collection (rose tattoo, askew)
Original b&w photo, frame
10.25 x 7.25 in.
Tommi Avicolli Mecca collection, 1967-1992 ↗
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Tommi Avicolli Mecca collection (Tommi & friends)
Reproduced b&w photo
4 x 6 in.
Tommi Avicolli Mecca collection, 1967-1992 ↗
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Tommi Avicolli Mecca collection (double portrait, teal & red)
Reproduced color photo
6 x 4 in.
Tommi Avicolli Mecca collection, 1967-1992 ↗
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ACT UP Philadelphia records (protest bundle: lived with AIDS, killed by cuts)
Assorted protest signs, plastic bag, blue tape, wood shelf
31 x 26 x 6 in.
ACT UP Philadelphia Records, 1995-2000 ↗
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ACT UP Philadelphia records (protest bundle: defund the fund)
Assorted protest signs, green cord, wood shelf
31 x 24 x 9.5 in.
ACT UP Philadelphia Records, 1995-2000 ↗
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Jack van Alsytne collection (Ginger, tits out)
Reproduced color photograph
5 x 3.5 in.
Jack Van Alstyne collection, 1950s-2016 ↗
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Tommi Avicolli Mecca collection (group in public, gay button)
Reproduced b&w photo
3.5 x 4.5 in.
Tommi Avicolli Mecca collection, 1967-1992 ↗
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James E. “Jay” Hardyway Mox Nix photograph albums (sun & shadows)
Color photo
16.5 x 13.25 in.
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Daughters of Bilitis Philadelphia
Original sign, frame
24.25 x 30.25 in.
Gift, Malcolm Lazin
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Kay Lahusen papers (Kay, Dolph, Malcolm, & DOB Philadelphia)
Reproduced color photo
4 x 6 in.
Kay Lathusen papers, 1960-2021 ↗
William Way LGBT Community Center
1315 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107
P: 215-732-2220