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Title: Carla La Mar and Bill Gates being crowned H.I.M. Empress and Emperor
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: The Casa de San Jose coronation of H.I.M Empress XI, Carla La Mar and H.I.M. Emperor II, Bill Gates.
Miss Gay San Jose 1977 being crowned, Ted Sahl Collection, MSS 1996-03-01 San Jose State University Library Special Collections & Archives.
H.I.M. stands for "Her Imperial Majesty, placed before the title of Emperor" and "His Imperial Majesty, placed before the title of Empress."
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
7 x 9 in.
Identifier: islandora:80_11
filename: sahl_contests_001
oclc: 601582612
islandora: 80_11
Language: English
Subject: Beauty contestants
Crowns
Evening gowns
Female impersonators
Gay men
Gay culture
Gay clubs
Gates, Bill
La Mar, Carla
Place: San Jose
California
Relation: Ted Sahl Collection

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