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Three people mingling at "The Prom You Never Went To," held at the Mountaineer's Club in the Queen Anne Neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, May 7, 1983
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| Title | Three people mingling at "The Prom You Never Went To, " held at the Mountaineer's Club in the Queen Anne Neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, May 7, 1983 |
| Photographer | Wallen, Don
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| Date | 1983 |
| Historical Background | "The Prom You Never Went To" first held in 1983, quickly became an institution in Seattle's gay and lesbian community. Each year, for one night, the Mountaineers Club in Lower Queen Anne became Lavender Valley High School, Home of the Fighting Poodles. The rooms and hallways were turned into detention halls, auditoriums, and teachers' lounges. And each year, revelers danced, looked fabulous, and had much more fun than anyone ever had at their real high-school prom. Dwindling attendance and steadily increasing expense combined to make 1997 the last year for the prom. (Source: The Seattle Times, April 28, 1997). |
| Notes | Wallen 906a |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Proms--Washington (State)--Seattle
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| Location Depicted | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Modern Photographers Collection
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| Order Number | MPH1375 |
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| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division. |
| Repository Collection | Don Wallen Collection |
| Object Type | Photograph |
| Physical Description | Silver gelatin; b&w |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 1000XL at 120 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2010 |
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