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Timberline Tavern photograph collection, 1988-2005

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Timberline Tavern
Title
Timberline Tavern photograph collection
Dates
1988-2005 (inclusive)
Quantity
0.27 cubic feet, (1 box and 1 oversize vertical file)
Collection Number
PH2025-008
Summary
Photographs of events and patrons of a country western gay and lesbian bar in Seattle
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

No restrictions on access.

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Languages
English
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Historical Note

The Timberline Tavern was a country western gay and lesbian bar located in the historic Sons of Norway Hall on the corner of Boren Avenue and Virginia Street in Seattle. It opened in 1988, moved to another location in 2003. and operated as Timberline Spirit until it permanently closed in 2005.

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Content Description

Photographs of events and patrons of the Timberline Tavern and a couple of items of ephemera. Most of the photographs are Polaroids signed by the patrons photographed. Ephemera contains dance class schedules, The Unofficial Timberlexicon (1998), and Sons of Norway Building Research (1987).

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Donor grants UW Libraries a nonexclusive, royalty-free, irrevocable license to exercise, and allow others to exercise, all rights under copyright.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Arranged in 2 series:

  • Series 1, Photographs
  • Series 2, Ephemera

Acquisition Information

Gift of Jim Detwiler, July 2024

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Series 1, Photographs

    • Description: Polaroid photographs

      Scope and Content: Approximately 230 Polaroid prints of people inside the Tavern, most with signatures or names of the people pictured.

      Container: Box PH2025-008 Box 1
    • Description: Photographs

      Scope and Content: Photographs of events, in particular a New Years party, and patrons of the Tavern.

      Container: Box PH2025-008 Box 1
    • Description: Large Photographs

      Scope and Content: Larger prints of group photographs, and 1 contact sheet of images of the exterior.

      Container: Vf PH2025-008 OSVF 0246
  • Series 2, Ephemera

    • Description: Dance Class Schedules
      2 items
      Container: Box PH2025-008 Box 1
    • Description: The Unofficial Timberlexicon by Feild and Bagemihl

      Scope and Content: One booklet produced for the 11th anniversary of Timberline.

      Dates: 1998
      Container: Box PH2025-008 Box 1
    • Description: Sons of Norway Building 2015 Boren, Research by John Mikesch

      Scope and Content: Typed document of research into the Sons of Norway building, including photocopies of related documents.

      Dates: 1987
      Container: Vf PH2025-008 OSVF 0246

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Subject Terms

  • Visual Materials Collections
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