Place: Philadelphia (Pa.) / Form: Newspaper clippings / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="2015">2015</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="2016">2016</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Start Over Place Philadelphia (Pa.) Form Newspaper clippings Year 2015 to 2016

Extent:: 1 linear feet ((2 document boxes))
Abstract:: Jack Van Alstyne, born ca. 1938, known to his gay friends as "Cheezit," was the son of Howard C. Van Alstyne and Marion G. Fox Van Alstyne. He lived in Camden, NJ for much of his life. His collection includes a scrapbook of Philadelphia and New Jersey gay life of the 1960s through 1980s; grouping of ca. 75 photographs of Philadelphia and New Jersey drag queens and gay men, owned by John Brown, known as Marilyn; photographs taken by Alstyne of gay men in Rittenhouse Square, summer of 1953; and a montage of "The Follies of 1967: A Reunion," drawn by Ron Gillam; and further photographs of drag queens and gay men from Van Alstyne.

Held at: John J. Wilcox, Jr. LGBT Archives, William Way LGBT Community Center [Contact Us]

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