Parties at the Kirby House
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Seventeen snapshots of Christmas, costume and outdoor parties at the Kirby House during the 1980s.
2021.51.06
Marsha and Loren Kontio purchased the Kirby House in 1984, adding to the increasingly-upscale lodgings that advertised in LGBTQ-publications. Ron Benkert and George Iski’s Newnham Inn followed suit in 1986.
1960 Gay/LGBTQ+ culture1930+ Tourism, lodging, hotels and B&Bs
Winthers, Sally
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Kontio, LorenKirby House/Community Hospital before 1960
08/27/2021
12/30/2023