Title from caption on object: “Homosexuals Parade down Hollywood Boulevard”
June 29, 1970
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Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print with applied color
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 15.3 × 24.4 cm (6 × 9 5/8 in.)
sheet: 17 × 27.8 cm (6 11/16 × 10 15/16 in.) -
Accession
2018.177.568
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.
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Inscriptions
crop marks center left and center in pink crayon; on verso, upper center printed in applied photo paper: (LA2) HOLLYWOOD, June 29--HOMOSEXUALS [circled in red crayon] PARADE DOWN HOLLYWOOD BLVD.--Homosexual organizations, after / getting clearance from a Superior Court for a parade permit, took over Hollywood Blvd., Sunday / night and paraded on foot and in cars down the boulevard. Over 1100 participated in the parade / and police estimated over 25,000 persons watched from the sidewalks. The sponsors said the par- / ade was to improve the public image of homosexuals. (APWirephoto) (ew20200stf-ew) 1970; center left stamped in red ink perpendicular: JUN 30 1970; center stamped in red ink inverted: JAN 22 1974; center stamped in red ink inverted: AUG 16 1971; by unknown hand, lower right in graphite: 3x2 / GAY; lower right stamped in red ink: AUG 23 1976; by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite: Homosexuals