Postcard invitation for Courting equality, a documentary history of America's first legal same-sex marriages, Beacon Press, 24 Farnsworth Street, Boston, Mass., 2007

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Collection Type

Ephemera

Date

2007

GUSN

GUSN-307578

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Postcard invitation for Courting equality, a documentary history of America's first legal same-sex marriages, Beacon Press, 24 Farnsworth Street, Boston, Mass., 2007
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        Postcard invitation for Courting equality, a documentary history of America's first legal same-sex marriages, Beacon Press, 24 Farnsworth Street, Boston, Mass., 2007 (current record)
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Description

The card is an invitation to a launch party for the book "Courting equality." The launch party was held on May 16, 2007 at the YWCA in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The book text is by Patricia A. Gozemba and Karen Kahn with photographs by Marilyn Humphries.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
books
parties
weddings
postcards

Physical Description

1 postcard : color photograph ; 4 x 6 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.013.03.03.014

Image Dimensions

4 x 6 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Ken Turino, 2013.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Cambridge (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Beacon Press (Publisher)
Gozemba, Patricia A., 1940- (Author)
Kahn, Karen, 1955- (Author)
Humphries, Marilyn (Photographer)

Material Type

postcards

Subjects

Same-sex marriage
Gay couples
Gay rights

Description Level

Item

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