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Title: Wiggsy Sivertsen and Ken Yeager at an event
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: Wiggsy Sivertson and Ken Yeager stand between several banquet tables of people at an unidentified event. Elizabeth Birch is seated in the chair in front of Yeager. Arthur Morris is seated at the far right front partially facing the camera. There are balloons with stars on them as centerpieces at each table.
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. Ken Yeager was elected to the San Jose City Council and to the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors.
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
2.8 x 4.4 in.
Identifier: islandora:80_1174
filename: sahl_portraits_049
islandora: 80_1174
Subject: Activists
Balloons (Novelties)
Events
Gays
Politicians
Yeager, Ken
Birch, Elizabeth
Sivertsen, Wiggsy
Morris, Arthur, III
Place: San Jose
California

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