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Title
Women attending the first lesbian ball
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.
Description
Photograph shows two women posing together at the first lesbian ball in 1981. The woman on the left is wearing a dress with a corsage and a hat. The woman on the right is dressed in a suit with a thin tie and a hat. The suit jacket also has a corsage pinned to it. There are snowflakes hanging from the ceiling behind them.
Written on verso of photograph: "1st lesbian ball, 1981".
Scanned with Microtek Scanmaker 1000XL Pro; as a 600 dpi TIFF image in 8-bit Grayscale. Auto Level image processing and compressed into JPEG
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
6.3 x 4.4 in.
Identifier
islandora:80_1187
filename: sahl_portraits_062
islandora: 80_1187
Subject
Dresses
Lesbians
Parties
Suits (Clothing)
Gay culture
Place
San Jose
California

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