Lot of 7 broadsides and handbills from black-owned transgender club Bojangles (alt. Bo Jangles). Located in “Polk Gulch” at Larkin and Ellis Street, the center of the LGBTQ+ community in San Francisco from the 1950s to the 1980s. It was on Polk Street where San Francisco’s first Pride parade was held in 1972. Bojangles is listed consistently in San Francisco’s queer publications including a directory and calendar in Kalendar Vo. 2 No. 3 March 1973. Bo Jangles. [San Francisco], [1971?]. Invitation handbill printed on yellow cardstock. 77 x 109 mm. Abel with “Black Magic.” Handbill. 215 x 140 mm. Party Time with Hell & High Water. Handbill. 216 x 114 mm. Advertises, “Come as you are: stag or drag.” Bo Jangles: Christian Black and Fiddler. [San Francisco], [1972?]. Broadside printed on orange paper. 215 x 279 mm. Bo Jangles: 709 Larkin Presents Black Magic. [San Francisco], early 1970s. Broadside on yellow paper. 215 x 278 mm. Try It (You’ll Like It): Larkin & Ellis Bojangles, Biggest Bar in Town. [San Francisco], [1972?]. 214 x 280 mm. Come Together Club at the Bojangles. [San Francisco], [1973?]. 214 x 278 mm
Lot of 7 broadsides and handbills from black-owned transgender club Bojangles (alt. Bo Jangles). Located in “Polk Gulch” at Larkin and Ellis Street, the center of the LGBTQ+ community in San Francisco from the 1950s to the 1980s. It was on Polk Street where San Francisco’s first Pride parade was held in 1972. Bojangles is listed consistently in San Francisco’s queer publications including a directory and calendar in Kalendar Vo. 2 No. 3 March 1973. Bo Jangles. [San Francisco], [1971?]. Invitation handbill printed on yellow cardstock. 77 x 109 mm. Abel with “Black Magic.” Handbill. 215 x 140 mm. Party Time with Hell & High Water. Handbill. 216 x 114 mm. Advertises, “Come as you are: stag or drag.” Bo Jangles: Christian Black and Fiddler. [San Francisco], [1972?]. Broadside printed on orange paper. 215 x 279 mm. Bo Jangles: 709 Larkin Presents Black Magic. [San Francisco], early 1970s. Broadside on yellow paper. 215 x 278 mm. Try It (You’ll Like It): Larkin & Ellis Bojangles, Biggest Bar in Town. [San Francisco], [1972?]. 214 x 280 mm. Come Together Club at the Bojangles. [San Francisco], [1973?]. 214 x 278 mm
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