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Title: Community leaders
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 gay community leaders, (left to right) Ken Yeager, Wiggsy Sivertsen, Paul Wysocki, and Sal Accardi.
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 later elected to San Jose City Council and to the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors. Sal Accardi was the co-founder of the Watergarden. Paul Wysocki was a local political activist. Written on verso: "L to R: Ken Yeager (SJSU), Wiggsy Sivertsen (SJSU), Paul Wysocki, Sal Accardi."
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
2.5 X 4 in.
Identifier: islandora:80_549
filename: sahl_politics_005
oclc: 601585140
islandora: 80_549
Language: English
Subject: Activists
Friendship
Gays
Politicians
Yeager, Ken
Gay culture
Accardi, Sal
Sivertsen, Wiggsy
Wysocki, Paul
Place: San Jose
California
Relation: Ted Sahl Collection

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