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Stonewall 45: Windows Into LGBT History

Stonewall 45: Windows Into LGBT History

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Take a walk down Liberation Lane.

In commemoration of the 45th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, a special walking exhibition is being unveiled on Christopher Street, where the modern-day LGBT revolution first began. "Stonewall 45: Windows Into LGBT History," on display through June 29, is a series of poster panels in 26 storefronts lining Christopher Street. The posters recount the story of Stonewall and the political, legal, and cultural barriers encountered by LGBT people in these times. The storefront posters incorporate historic visuals including photographs, newspaper clippings, flyers and newsletters.

"Stonewall 45: Windows Into LGBT History" is cosponsored by the Arcus Foundation and the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation. For more information visit the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation or The Arcus Foundation.

See a selection of the powerful images on the following pages.

26stonewall1_0Front page of The Advocate, August, 1969, courtesy of Here Media Inc., all rights reserved; excerpt from 1964 newsletter from the Mattachine Society Inc. of New York records, Manuscripts and Archives Division, the New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations.

26stonewall2_0Gay Scene Guide, 1968, courtesy LGBT Community Center National History Archive.

26stonewall3_0(c) October 31, 1959, The New York Times. Used under license.

26stonewall4_0(c) December 17, 1963, The New York Times. Used under license.

26stonewall5_0Mattachine Review masthead, courtesy of Cornell University Library's Human Sexuality Collection; 1960 Mattachine Society publication, Mattachine Society Inc. of New York records, Manuscripts and Archives Division, the New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations.

26stonewall6_0From Queen's Quarterly magazine, summer 1969, courtesy LGBT Community Center National History Archive.

26stonewall7_0The Ladder, January 1959 and October 1965, courtesy of Cornell University Library's Human Sexuality Collection.

26stonewall8_0Protesters gather outside the Pentagon in 1965. Photo by Kay Tobin, (c) Manuscripts and Archives Division, New York Public Library.

26stonewall9_0Mattachine Society of Washington, "Regulations for Picketing"; Annual Reminder Day in Philadelphia, photo by Kay Tobin Lahusen, courtesy of the John J. Wilcox Jr. LGBT Archives of Philadelphia.

26stonewall10_0The original Stonewall Inn occupied adjoining storefronts at 51 and 53 Christopher Street. Diana Davies photographs, Manuscripts and Archives Division, the New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations.

26stonewall11_0Diana Davies photographs, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations; excerpts from Gay Scene Guide, 1969, courtesy LGBT Community Center National History Archive.

26stonewall12_0Fred W. McDarrah/Getty Images.

26stonewall13_0Fred W. McDarrah/Getty Images.

26stonewall14_0Joseph Ambrosini, New York Daily News.

26stonewall15_0The Advocate, September, 1969, courtesy of Here Media Inc., all rights reserved; Mattachine Society flyer, courtesy of Foster Gunnison Papers, Archives and Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries; Village Voice, July 3, 1969, courtesy Voice Media Group.

26stonewall16_0Graffiti on the boarded-up windows of the Stonewall Inn. Fred W. McDarrah/Getty Images.

26stonewall17_0New York Daily News, July 6, 1969.

26stonewall18_0Mattachine Society flyer, courtesy of the Foster Gunnison Papers, Archives and Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries; cover, Gay Power newspaper; leaflet written by Craig Rodwell, founder of Homophile Youth Movement in Neighborhoods.

26stonewall19_0Photo by Diana Davies, Manuscripts and Archives Division, the New York Public Library.

26stonewall20_0Photographs by Richard C. Wandel, courtesy LGBT Community Center National History Archive.

26stonewall21_0New York Daily News, March 9, 1970.

26stonewall22_0The Rockefeller Five in front of the Manhattan Criminal Court Building. Photograph by Richard C. Wandel, courtesy LGBT Community Center National History Archive.

26stonewall23_0From The Gay Insider, USA by John Francis Hunter; photograph by Richard C. Wandel, courtesy LGBT Community Center National History Archive.

26stonewall24_0Photograph by Richard C. Wandel, courtesy LGBT Community Center National History Archive.

26stonewall25_0Diana Davies photographs, Manuscripts and Archives Division, the New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations.

26stonewall26_0Mariela Lombard, New York Daily News; Diana Davies photographs, Manuscripts and Archives Division, the New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations.

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