The Mystery of the 1957 Gay Weddg Photos

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PHOTOS OF GAY WEDDG RURFACE S AFTER UPLE WAS NIED THEM

The Mystery of the 1957 Gay Weddg Photos. They are velopg a doceri, The Mystery of the 1957 Gay Weddg Photos, produced by Authentic the rearchers have shared so far on their se -- -- about the unknown grooms is that this llectn of photographs was first prted cir 1957 at a neighborhood dgstore Philalphia.

"We ll ourselv like the gay Soby-Doo, " said Wolfe. LGBT activists on two different asts are searchg for a uple pictured a 1957 gay weddg ceremony after photos of the event surfaced recently and went viral onle.

Do you regnize anyone the photos of a gay weddg Philalphia 1957?

‘THE MYSTERY OF THE 1957 GAY WEDDG PHOTOS’ DOCERI IN WORKS BY NEAL BAER, P.J. PALMER, MICHAEL J. WOLFE & AUTHENTIC ENTERTAMENT

Pictur of a gay weddg—om 1957. The private photos om a 1957 gay weddg are betiful, myster, illumatg and elevatg.

Wolfe are teamg to velop The Mystery of the 1957 Gay Weddg Photos as a doceri. The llectn of photos, which are among the first to document a gay weddg, were prted cir 1957 at a neighborhood dgstore North Philalphia. The imag, which are currently hoed wh ONE Natnal Gay & Lbian Archiv at the Universy of Southern California Librari and the John J.

CAN YOU HELP SOLVE THE MYSTERY OF THE 60-YEAR-OLD GAY WEDDG PHOTOS?IN 1957, TWO MEN SECRETLY MARRIED A PHILLY APARTMENT. YEARS AFTER THEIR LOST PHOTOS RURFACED, THE SEARCH FOR THE UNINTIFIED GROOMS {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEAUGT 1, 2019/3:47 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:1099PX;WIDTH:1569PX;}WILX ARCHIV AT THE WILLIAM WAY LGBT COMMUNY CENTERBY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEAUGT 1, 2019 / 3:47 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"CAN YOU HELP SOLVE THE MYSTERY OF THE 60-YEAR-OLD GAY WEDDG PHOTOS?","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-08-01T19:47:59.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-08-01T19:47:59.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LTER FABIAN BRATHWAE","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SAME-SEX UPL HAVE ALWAYS FOUND A WAY TO NSECRATE THEIR UNNS, EVEN BEFORE MARRIAGE EQUALY WAS WRTEN TO LAW. WHEN BEG OPENLY GAY ULD SPELL THE END OF YOUR REER AND EVEN STUTNALIZATN, THE CEREMONI WOULD TAKE PLACE PRIVATE, HIDN AWAY OM A DISAPPROVG AND DISCRIMATORY SOCIETY. ONE SUCH WEDDG TOOK PLACE PHILALPHIA 1957—AND 60 YEARS LATER, A TR OF FILMMAKERS HOPE THE PHOTOS OF THAT DAY WILL BE THE KEY TO UNLOCKG THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE PICTUR, WHICH WERE DROPPED OFF AT A LOL DGSTORE ON THE RNER OF NORTH BROAD STREET AND ALLEGHENY AVENUE, PICT A SMALL GATHERG OF YOUNG WHE MEN A SMARTLY APPOTED APARTMENT. TWO OF THEM EXCHANGE VOWS WH THEIR IENDS BEARG WNS, THEY EMBRACE AND KISS, THEY CUT A MULTIERED KE, THEY OPEN GIFTS. THEN, AS THE THGS OFTEN GO, SOMEONE WHIPS OUT THE HEELS.WILX ARCHIV AT THE WILLIAM WAY LGBT COMMUNY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THE FACT THAT THEY ME TOGETHER TO HAVE THIS MMENT A PRIVATE SPACE AMONG IENDS AND PERHAPS EVEN FAY WAS REALLY EXTRAORDARY FOR THAT TIME PERD," SAYS JOHN ANRI, DIRECTOR OF THE JOHN J. WILX, JR. ARCHIV AT PHILALPHIA'S WILLIAM WAY LGBT COMMUNY CENTER. "AND THAT THEY DOCUMENTED WH PHOTOGRAPHY IS ALSO QUE AMAZG.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AMAZG, Y, BUT WAS ALSO 1957—WHEN HOMOSEXUALY WAS STILL NSIRED A MENTAL DISORR. THIS WAS A BEFORE STONEWALL, 15 YEARS BEFORE PHILLY'S FIRST PRI MARCH. WHAT LOOKED LIKE A CELEBRATN TO SOME WAS AN ABOMATN TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I'VE CERTALY HEARD OM A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT DID DRAG BACK THE '50S AND '60S, AS WELL AS TRANS DIVIDUALS THE '60S AND '70S, THAT PHILALPHIA WAS MANY WAYS A FAIRLY LIBERAL CY,” ANRI SAYS. “BUT POLICE CRACKDOWNS ON GAY BARS WERE NOT AT ALL UNMON. SO WAS SORT OF A MIXTURE. SOCIETAL ACCEPTANCE WASN’T GREAT OVERALL.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO THE MEN THOSE PICTUR ONLY HAD THE MEMORY OF THAT DAY. IN ACRDANCE WH THE STORE'S POLICY FOR PHOTOS EMED "APPROPRIATE," THE MANAGER NFISTED THE NUPTIAL SNAPS. AND SCE NFISTED PICS WERE, ACRDG TO ANOTHER STORE POLICY, UP FOR GRABS, AN EMPLOYEE HELD ONTO THEM—FOR MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY. SHE HAD HOPED, HER DGHTER LATER EXPLAED, THAT IF THE CTOMERS EVER ME BACK, SHE ULD GIVE THEM THEIR WEDDG PHOTOS "ON THE SLY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 2013, AFTER THE WOMAN PASSED, HER DGHTER FOUND THE PHOTOS AMONG HER POSSSNS AND SOLD THEM ON EBAY, WHERE A UPLE OF DIFFERENT LLECTORS PURCHASED THEM BEFORE DONATG THEM TO THE LOS ANGEL–BASED ONE ARCHIV AND THE WILX {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN DECEMBER 2017, NEAL BAER, MICHAEL J. WOLFE, AND P.J. PALMER VISED THE ONE ARCHIV AND WERE "IMMEDIATELY WRECKED BY THE PHOTOS," WOLFE SAYS. "WE THOUGHT THERE WAS REALLY NO CHOICE—WE HAD TO FIGURE OUT WHO THE GUYS ARE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WHEN I FIRST SAW THE PHOTOGRAPHS AT THE ONE ARCHIV I TEARED UP," PALMER ADDS. "WHY WAS I GETTG EMOTNAL LOOKG OVER BLACK-AND-WHE PHOTOS OF A WEDDG? I REALIZED MY PERSONAL HISTORY I NEVER SAW THOSE [KDS OF] IMAG THE FAY ALBUM. I THK HAD I KNOWN THAT AS A CHILD, I MAY HAVE HAD A DIFFERENT LIFE EXPERIENCE. JT KNOWG THAT I HAD A HISTORY, THAT I WAS LIKE SOMEBODY ELSE MY FAY."COURTY OF AUTHENTIC ENTERTAMENT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEAL BAER, P.J. PALMER, AND MICHAEL J. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THEY THOUGHT WOULD TAKE “MAYBE A MONTH” TO FD THE PHOTOS' GROOMSMEN. NEARLY TWO YEARS LATER, THEY'RE STILL LOOKG. ABOUT 10 MONTHS TO THEIR SEARCH, THEY TURNED TO THE PUBLIC FOR HELP, LNCHG A WEBSE THAT ENURAG ANYONE WH RMATN OR CLU ABOUT THE UPLE TO REACH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BAER, WOLFE, AND PALMER—WHO ALL SHARE A BACKGROUND FILM AND TELEVISN—ARE ALSO VELOPG A SERI, THE MYSTERY OF THE 1957 GAY WEDDG PHOTOS. CONSIRG THE POPULARY OF TE CRIME SERIALS, 'S NOT A BAD IA. THE MYSTERY, HOWEVER, REMAS A TOUGH NUT TO CRACK. IT HAS BEEN 60 YEARS, AFTER ALL—THE UPLE MAY BE LONG GONE. THOUGH THERE'S ALWAYS THE CHANCE OF FDG SURVIVG IENDS OR RELATIV, NO MATTER HOW SLIM THOSE CHANC MAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THERE ARE DAYS WE ARE 100 PERCENT SURE, MYSTERY SOLVED, WE GOT THEM," PALMER SAYS, "BUT WHEN WE DIG EPER TO VERIFY, A LOT OF HOL GET PUNCHED THOSE LEADS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STILL, THE FILMMAKG SLTHS REMA NFINT THEY'LL FD SOME CLU TO INTIFY THOSE TWO MEN WHO EXCHANGED VOWS SO MANY YEARS AGO. THE SERI IS A WAY TO DM UP SUPPORT AND TERT SOLVG THIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"OUR HOPE IS THAT THE PUBLIC FALLS LOVE WH THE SEARCH AND WH THE PHOTOS AS MUCH AS WE HAVE," WOLFE SAYS. "WE WOULD LOVE FOR THEM TO NTACT AT OUR WEBSE WH ANY LEADS, IF THEY REGNIZE OR HAVE A NNECTN TO THE PHOTOS OR THK THEY HAVE A NNECTN. WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR OM THEM."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF ANYTHG, THE EMOTNS THAT THE PHOTOS ELIC SPEAK TO THE IMPORTANCE OF LGBTQ HISTORY, WHICH IS OFTEN STROYED OR STOWED AWAY FOREVER—EMED OBSCENE OR WRONG OR SOMEHOW NGENT WH ACCEPTED VALU AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"OUR HISTORY HAS BEEN REPRSED SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS, OR JT STRAIGHT UP STOLEN AND ERASED," PALMER SAYS. "I THK THE MORE WE GET THIS HISTORY RTORED, THE MORE WE N ACCEPT OURSELV AND PEOPLE N ACCEPT LIFE WH ."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

The Mystery of the 1957 Gay Weddg Photos seri will follow Baer, Palmer and Wolfe as they search for clu and look to unlock answers to many of the outstandg qutns behd the weddg.

What drove them to take the bold chance to velop the photos when sodomy laws prohibed gay sexual relatnships?

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The Mystery of the 1957 Gay Weddg Photos .

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