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  1. Black Cat Cafe

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: LGBTQ+ bars, LGBTQ+ events, LGBTQ+ night life
    Subject: Black Cat Bar, José Sarria, Travis Dirk
    Description: An advertisement for the Black Cat Cafe with the tagline the "Bohemia of the Barbary Coast" and announcement stating "Featuring: "Jose" Sarria."
  2. Black Cat Cafe Business Card

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag queens, Gay bars, Latino/a/x gay men
    Subject: Black Cat Bar, José Sarria
    Description: Black Cat Cafe business card advertising it as the "Bohemia of the Barbary Coast".
  3. Black Cat Cafe News Article

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator: McMillan, Dennis
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag queens, Gay bars, Latino/a/x gay men
    Subject: Black Cat Bar, José Sarria, Tom Ammiano
    Description: Newspaper clipping about an evening event in which gay city councilman Tom Ammiano interviewed José Sarria about the Black Cat Cafe, Sarria's 1961 run for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, an...
  4. Black Cat Cafe News Clipping

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Gay bars, Latino/a/x gay men
    Subject: Black Cat Bar, José Sarria
    Description: News clipping about a memorial service for the closing of the Black Cat Bar, with a wreath-laying by Jose Sarria, known as the Nightingale of Montgomery Street.
  5. I’m A Boy!

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Clothing, Costumes, Drag, Halloween (LGBTQ+ culture), Harassment, LGBTQ+ events, Police harassment
    Subject: Black Cat Bar
    Description: This is a cardboard cut-out that was handed to patrons of The Black Cat Bar doing drag so that they could remember how to avoid arrest. On Halloween, police would arrest drag queens after midnight...
  6. In Memoriam: The Black Cat

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag, LGBTQ+ bars, LGBTQ+ events, LGBTQ+ musicians, LGBTQ+ night life, LGBTQ+ theater, Performance art
    Subject: Black Cat Bar, José Sarria
    Description: An advertisement for the closing of the Black Cat Cafe, which mentions that José Sarria will perform there October 31, 1963 to say goodbye to the bar.
  7. Jose and The Black Cat Opera & Ballet Association Performance Flyer

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Gay bars, Latino/a/x gay men
    Subject: Black Cat Bar, José Sarria
    Description: Jose and The Black Cat Opera & Ballet Association Performance Flyer, displaying offered programs and asking ladies to remove their hats and drags to remove their wigs.
  8. Jose Sarria & Hazel McGinnis

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag, LGBTQ+ bars, LGBTQ+ clubs, LGBTQ+ musicians, LGBTQ+ theater, Performance art
    Subject: Black Cat Bar, Hazel McGinnis, José Sarria
    Description: A poster for the 20th Anniversary of the closing of The Black Cat Cafe. Includes and announcment that Jose Sarria and Hazel McGinnis will perform at the event.
  9. The Black Cat

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: LGBTQ+ bars, LGBTQ+ events, LGBTQ+ night life
    Subject: Black Cat Bar
    Description: A drawing and advertisement of the Black Cat Bar.