Container List
Series VIII: Artwork
Scope and Contents noteFor the purposes of description, each sign is identified by the first sentence of text on the front of each sign. |
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Subseries A: Queer Spaces
Scope and Contents noteAll signs are pink triangles featuring the words Queer Spacesacross the top and the words Places of Struggle Places of Strengthrunning left to right on the other two edges of the triangle. On each sign the text ends with the REPOhistory logo and the sign number at the apex of the triangle. |
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| Container 1 | Title | Date | ||
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| Box: 23 | Sign 1: The first gay rights demonstration in New York City occurred on September
19, 1964 in front of the Whitehall Street Induction Center. |
undated | ||
| Box: 22 | ||||
| Box: 23 | Sign 2: On March 24, 1987, The AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) held its first
demonstration at this corner. |
undated | ||
| Box: 23 | Sign 3: New York City's Gay and Lesbian Civil Rights Bill was introduced in the City
Council on January 6, 1971. |
undated | ||
| Box: 23 | Sign 4: The Gay Activists Alliance occupied the former Firehouse at 99 Wooster Street
from May 1971 until October 1974, when it was destroyed by arson. |
undated | ||
| Box: 23 | Sign 5: The Daughters of Bilitis, one of the earliest lesbian political organizations,
had offices at 30 Charlton Street for several years, beginning in 1963. |
undated | ||
| Box: 22 | ||||
| Box: 23 | Sign 6: Bonnie and Clyde's, a lesbian bar, stood at 82 West 3rd Street from the early
seventies through the mid-eighties. |
undated | ||
| Box: 22 | ||||
| Box: 23 | Sign 7: Marsha P. Johnson 1945-1992 born Malcolm Michaels Stonewall Veteran, performer,
panhandler, prostitute, Warhol Model, on July 6, 1992, the body of this legendary
drag queen was found floating in the river near this site. |
undated | ||
| Box: 22 | ||||
| Box: 23 | Sign 8: In 1966, the State Liquor Authority imposed a 30-day suspension on Julius',
the landmark bar located at 159 West Tenth St., after an undercover policeman had
reported that the bar permitted gay men to "consort themselves in an offensive and
indecent manner contrary to good morals." |
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| Box: 22 | ||||
| Box: 23 | Sign 9: In 1888, financier James Everard converted an old church at 28 W. 28th Street
into a Turkish bathhouse. |
undated | ||
| Box: 22 | ||||
Subseries B: Lower Manhattan Sign Project
Scope and Contents noteAll signs are printed on the front and back. In cases in which text appears on both sides it is noted in the transcription, otherwise the text appears only on the back. All signs end with one or two boxed questions in the lower left corner on the back with the sign number and the REPOhistory logo in the lower right corner. Note: For this project, the archive does not have a copy of sign number 35. |
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| Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
| Folder: VIII, 1 | Object : MSS.113.cuid6230 | Introduction: The Lower Manhattan Sign Project Information signs. |
1992 | |
| Folder: VIII, 2 | Object : MSS.113.cuid6231a-b | Sign 1: What is all-inclusive history? (2 copies) Information signs. |
1992 | |
| Folder: VIII, 3 | Object : MSS.113.cuid6232a-b | Sign 2: Spirits of America (2 copies) Information signs. |
1992 | |
| Folder: VIII, 4 | Object : MSS.113.cuid6233 | Sign 3A: "They Died Very Stubbornly" wrote justice Daniel Horsmanden of those executed
during the New York Conspiracy or "Great Negro Plot" of 1741 Information signs. |
1992 | |
| Item: MSS.113.cuid6267 | Sign 3B: The New York Conspiracy of 1741 Information signs. |
1992 | ||
| Item: MSS.113,cuid6266 | Sign 3C: Rumors of revolt…fueled the inquest into the "Great Negro Plot" of 1741 Information signs. |
1992 | ||
| Folder: VIII, 5 | Object : MSS.113.cuid6234a-c | Sign 4: Leisler's Rebellion (3 copies) Information signs. |
1992 | |
| Folder: VIII, 6 | Object : MSS.113.cuid6235a-b | Sign 5: These are the remains of the gilded King George III equestrian statue after
patriots pulled it from its pedestal here on July 9, 1775. (2 copies) Information signs. |
1992 | |
| Folder: VIII, 7 | Object : MSS.113.cuid6236a-c | Sign 6: On the fourth day of the month of March in the year nineteen ninety-one, three
homeless Americans passed a very cold and bitter night on this spot in lower manhattan.
(3 copies) Information signs. |
1992 | |
| Folder: VIII, 8 | Object : MSS.113.cuid6237a-c | Sign 7: Then, accidentally, due to a mistake in the filing system, the married father
of three children was drafted, he lived a long time, maybe three months and killed
several guerrillas, two by strangulation, two by being a crack shot, and one in self-defense.
(3 copies) Information signs. |
1992 | |
| Folder: VIII, 9 | Object : MSS.113.cuid6238a-b | Sign 8: The shoreline of Nieuw Amsterdam began at Pearl Street. (2 copies) Information signs. |
1992 | |
| Folder: VIII, 10 | Object : MSS.113.cuid6239a-c | Sign 9: Summer 1990-Nelson Mandela visits New York (3 copies) Information signs. |
1992 | |
| Folder: VIII, 11 | Object : MSS.113.cuid6240a-c | Sign 10: "Esta gente viven endios" C.C. 1492 (3 copies) Information signs. |
1992 | |
| Folder: VIII, 12 | Object : MSS.113.cuid6241a-c | Sign 11: Manhattan before the Dutch exchanged it to the English in 1667 for Surinam,
South America, after having only leased it from the Delaware Indians. (3 copies) Information signs. |
1992 | |
| Folder: VIII, 13 | Object : MSS.113.cuid6242a-c | Sign 12: Where is the fabulous wealth of India, the spices, silks and gems which Columbus
sought? (3 copies) Information signs. |
1992 | |
| Folder: VIII, 14 | Object : MSS.113.cuid6243a-b | Sign 13: Exchange Place (2 copies) Information signs. |
1992 | |
| Folder: VIII, 15 | Object : MSS.113.cuid6244a-c | Sign 14: Advantages of an Unregulated Free Market Economy (3 copies) Information signs. |
1992 | |
| Folder: VIII, 16 | Object : MSS.113.cuid6245a-c | Sign 15: False Democracy (3 copies) Information signs. |
1992 | |
| Folder: VIII, 17 | Object : MSS.113.cuid6246a-b | Sign 16: How do things get explained away so easily (2 copies) Information signs. |
1992 | |
| Folder: VIII, 18 | Object : MSS.113.cuid6247a-c | Sign 17: Who owns your life? (3 copies) Information signs. |
1992 | |
| Folder: VIII, 19 | Object : MSS.113.cuid6248 | Sign 18: The Meal and Slave Market Information signs. |
1992 | |
| Folder: VIII, 20 | Object : MSS.113.cuid6249a-c | Sign 19: Women's Trade Union League (3 copies) Information signs. |
1992 | |
| Folder: VIII, 21 | Object : MSS.113.cuid6250 | Sign 20: The Earliest Chinese Community in New York Information signs. |
1992 | |
| Folder: VIII, 22 | Object : MSS.113.cuid6251a-b | Sign 21: Our blankets for your beaver (2 copies) Information signs. |
1992 | |
| Folder: VIII, 23 | Object : MSS.113.cuid6252a-b | Sign 22: You are standing on landfill (2 copies) Information signs. |
1992 | |
| Folder: 24 | Object : MSS.113.cuid6253a-c | Sign 23A: "The evilest woman in New York!," screamed the headlines when Ann Lohman,
alias Madame Restell, was arrested in 1878. (3 copies) Information signs. |
1992 | |
| Item: MSS.113.cuid6268a-b | Sign 23B: Anthony J. Comstock (1844-1915), the nemesis of Madame Restell (see nearby
sign), devoted most of his adult life to a crusade against obscenity which he defined
to include birth control and abortion (2 copies) Information signs. |
1992 | ||
| Folder: 25 | Object : MSS.113.cuid6254a-c | Sign 24: Office workers eat their lunch (3 copies) Information signs. |
1992 | |
| Folder: 26 | Object : MSS.113.cuid6255a-b | Sign 25: Sticks and stones may break her bones but names…? (2 copies) Information signs. |
1992 | |
| Folder: 27 | Object : MSS.113.cuid6256a-c | Sign 26: Welcome to Gotham City (3 copies) Information signs. |
1992 | |
| Folder: 28 | Object : MSS.113.cuid6257a-b | Sign 27: Public School Cholera Hospital (2 copies) Information signs. |
1992 | |
| Folder: 29 | Object : MSS.113.cuid6258a-c | Sign 28: Frances Wright (3 copies) Information signs. |
1992 | |
| Folder: 30 | Object : MSS.113.cuid6259 | Sign 29: Vito Marcantonio: The People's Congressman Information signs. |
1992 | |
| Folder: 31 | Object : MSS.113.cuid6260a-c | Sign 30: Nonviolent Protests Against Civil Defense Drills in NYC (3 copies) Information signs. |
1992 | |
| Folder: 32 | Object : MSS.113.cuid6261 | Sign 31: Fight Tonight Information signs. |
1992 | |
| Folder: 33 | Object : MSS.113.cuid6262a-c | Sign 32: Forlorn house (3 copies) Information signs. |
1992 | |
| Folder: 34 | Object : MSS.113.cuid6263 | Sign 33: No Where to Go Information signs. |
1992 | |
| Folder: 35 | Object : MSS.113.cuid6264a-b | Sign 34: "It was a desolate, unappropriated spot…" (2 copies) Information signs. |
1992 | |
| Folder: 36 | Object : MSS.113.cuid6265 | Sign 36: United Tailoresses' Society of New York Information signs. |
1992 | |
Subseries C: Buttermilk Bottom
Scope and Contents noteAll signs are printed on the front and back. In cases in which text appears on both sides it is noted in the transcription, otherwise the text appears only on the back. Each sign features the following text on the bottom of the back side with the REPOhistory logo and the Arts Festival of Atlanta logo on the left and right, respectively, of the first line: Entering Buttermilk Bottom. Despite harsh conditions imposed by segregation, Buttermilk Bottom was a vibrant community with African-American-run schools, churches and businesses. Its bulldozing under "urban renewal" during the 1960's damaged community structures throughout Atlanta. |
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| Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
| Folder: 37 | Object : MSS.113.cuid6207a-b | Sign 1: Entering Buttermilk Bottom (2 copies) Information signs. |
1995-1996 | |
| Folder: 38 | Object : MSS.113.cuid6208 | Sign 2: Urban Renewal Information signs. |
1995-1996 | |
| Folder: 39 | Object : MSS.113.cuid6209 | Sign 3: Welcome to the Double Shotguns Information signs. |
1995-1996 | |
| Folder: 40 | Object : MSS.113.cuid6210a-b | Sign 4: What is the effect of urban renewal on crime? (2 copies) Information signs. |
1995-1996 | |
| Folder: 41 | Object : MSS.113.cuid6211a-b | Sign 5: Most hard-working men and women of that day usually sang... [Woodman / Coldman](2
copies) Information signs. |
1995-1996 | |
| Folder: 42 | Object : MSS.113.cuid6212 | Sign 6: Wash Lady, Scrub Lady Information signs. |
1995-1996 | |
| Folder: 43 | Object : MSS.113.cuid6213 | Sign 7: House on Fire Information signs. |
1995-1996 | |
| Folder: 44 | Object : MSS.113.cuid6214 | Sign 8: Mrs. Sara Lena Echols Malone raised her family on 267 Pine Place Apt. #3 in
the early thirties. Information signs. |
1995-1996 | |
| Folder: 45 | Object : MSS.113.cuid6215a-c | Sign 9: …I sing because I'm happy (3 copies) Information signs. |
1995-1996 | |
| Folder: 46 | Object : MSS.113.cuid6216 | Sign 10: War is Hell Information signs. |
1995-1996 | |
| Folder: 47 | Object : MSS.113.cuid6217 | Sign 11: Nearly every corner in Buttermilk Bottom boasted a beauty salon, shoe repair
shop or restaurant, many owned by African-Americans Information signs. |
1995-1996 | |
| Folder: 48 | Object : MSS.113.cuid6218a-b | Sign 12: Renewal (2 copies) Information signs. |
1995-1996 | |
| Folder: 49 | Object : MSS.113.cuid6219a-b | Sign 13: "…we have caught the sunshine in the bricks and mortar of our homes and have
builded therein not one ignoble prejudice or memory." (2 copies) Information signs. |
1995-1996 | |
| Folder: 50 | Object : MSS.113.cuid6220 | Sign 14: Do you know where your neighborhood is? Information signs. |
1995-1996 | |
| Folder: 51 | Object : MSS.113.cuid6221 | Sign 15: Alleyway on Felton Information signs. |
1995-1996 | |
| Folder: 52 | Object : MSS.113.cuid6222 | Sign 16: Remember in this valley there was a neighborhood torn down Information signs. |
1995-1996 | |
| Folder: 53 | Object : MSS.113.cuid6223a-b | Sign 17: Segregation on the map (2 copies) Information signs. |
1995-1996 | |
| Folder: 54 | Object : MSS.113.cuid6224a-b | Sign 18: Welcome to Buttermilk Bottom (2 copies) Information signs. |
1995-1996 | |
| Folder: 55 | Object : MSS.113.cuid6225a-b | Sign 19: Penny Candy (2 copies) Information signs. |
1995-1996 | |
| Folder: 56 | Object : MSS.113.cuid6226 | Sign 20: [Untitled] Information signs. |
1995-1996 | |
| Folder: 75 | Object : MSS.113.cuid6227 | Sign: Entering Buttermilk Bottom, large Direction signs. |
Undated | |
Subseries D: Civil Disturbances
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| Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
| Folder: 57 | Object : MSS.113.cuid6269 | [Bruno v. Codd - 1978 Legal victory for battered women] Civil Disturbances Sign #1 Information signs. |
1998-1999 | |
Subseries E: Circulations, Undated
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| Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
| Folder: 73 | Object : MSS.113.cuid6228 | St. Cloud State University sign [Racism interrupts] Direction signs. |
Undated | |
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