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Title: Group portrait in front of a Christmas tree
Contributor: Ted Sahl (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: Photograph shows a group of men and women posing in front of a Christmas tree. Reverend Randy Hill is the fourth from the right in the back row and James "Santa" Albee is seated at the far right in the second row.
From Ted Sahl, "From closet to community: a quest for gay & lesbian liberation in San Jose & Santa Clara County," (2002), p.220. The Reverend moved to San Jose in 1985 and founded the Holy Trinity Community Church. The church was later renamed Hosanna Church of Praise. He was also co-founder of Necessities and More an organization that helped people living with HIV or AIDS. From Ted Sahl, "From closet to community: a quest for gay & lesbian liberation in San Jose & Santa Clara County," (2002), p.211-212.
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
4.6 x 3 in.
Identifier: islandora:80_921
filename: sahl_religion_004
islandora: 80_921
Language: English
Subject: Christmas trees
Gays
Group portraits
Gay clergy
Place: San Jose
California
Relation: Ted Sahl Collection

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