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- Creator
- Thompson, Frank
- Call number
- MssCol 4797
- Physical description
- .5 linear feet (2 boxes)
- Preferred Citation
Frank Thompson photograph albums, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
- Portions of this collection have been digitized and are available online.
The collection consists of two scrapbooks containing photographs of Frank Thompson and various friends in New York City, Vermont, and during Thompson's service in the United States Army in Germany and Sicily during World War Two. The photographs document the lives and culture of gay men in the 1940s and 1950s.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Donated to the Manuscripts and Archives Division in 2001.
Processing information
Compiled by Kit Messick, 2010
Key terms
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Subjects
- Gay men -- New York (State) -- New York (N.Y.)
- Gays in the military -- United States
- Homosexuality -- United States
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Italy -- Sicily
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Using the collection
Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328