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Title: Protesting the United States Olympic Committee
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 Santa Clara University law students picketing the soccer trials at Stanford University. A demonstrator, possibly Melinda Walton, holds signs that read, "The USOC is suing the Gay Games for $96,000 for the use of the word "Olympic" while "Special Olympics", "Firemen's Olympics" remain unharrassed" and "Where are your Olympic donations going? To sue the Gay Games for $96,000!!!"
Written on recto: "1984 S.C. Univ law students picket soccer trials at Stanford University over USOC lawsuit against gay community use of "Gay" games."
Scanned with Microtek Scanmaker 1000XL Pro; as a 600 dpi TIFF image in 8-bit Grayscale. Compressed to jpeg upon ingestion into ContentDM.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
7.5 x 9.5 in.
Identifier: islandora:80_1070
filename: sahl_marches_013
islandora: 80_1070
Language: English
Subject: Demonstrations
Gays
Gay rights
Law students
Pickets
Signs (Notices)
United States Olympic Committee
Gay Games
Place: Stanford
California.
Relation: Ted Sahl Collection

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