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Title: Politicians and activists
Contributor: Sahl, Ted (photographer) (Creator)
Contributing Institution: San José State University, Special Collections and Archives
Collection: Ted Sahl Collection
Rights Information: For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact San Jose State University Special Collections & Archives Department. http://library.sjsu.edu/sjsu-special-collections/sjsu-special-collections-and-archives
Description: Group photograph of (left to right) Ken Yeager, Susanne Wilson, Norman Mineta, and Wiggsy Sivertsen.
Norm Mineta was a member of the United States Congress. Wiggsy Sivertsen co-founded BAYMEC and GALA, the Gay and Lesbian/Bisexual Student Alliance at SJSU, and helped organize the first indoor Gay Pride Day Celebration at SJSU in 1975. Susanne Wilson was a member of the San Jose City Council and the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors. Ken Yeager was later elected to San Jose City Council and to the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors. Written on verso: "Congressman Mineta 1988; L to R: Ken Yeager, Susanne Wilson, Norm Mineta, Wiggsy Sivertsen."
Scanned with Microtek Scanmaker 1000XL Pro; as a 600 dpi TIFF image in 8-bit Grayscale. Auto Level image processing and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS3.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
3 X 4.5 in.
Identifier: islandora:80_548
filename: sahl_politics_004
oclc: 601585937
islandora: 80_548
Language: English
Subject: Activists
Gays
Gay rights
Politicians
Gay culture
Mineta, Norman Yoshio, 1931-
Yeager, Ken
Sivertsen, Wiggsy
Wilson, Susanne B
Place: San Jose
California
Relation: Ted Sahl Collection

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