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A banjo player at the West 4th Street station.

A photo of the Village Vanguard, which presented folk music alongside jazz and blues in the early 1940s.

A photograph of the fire escape to 414 East 10th, where Lead Belly lived with his wife Martha in the 1940s.

A folk artist playing in the West 4th subway station.

A photograph of the secondary sources I used for this project.

Kindergarteners in their classroom at Greenwich House, sitting at tables and on the floor as they use blocks.

A view of the courtyard of the Silver Towers residences, which are currently faculty and student housing for New York University.

Photograph of students walking down what was formerly Wooster Street, now an alley between NYU's Stern School of Business (left) and Elmer Holmes Bobst Library (right.)

A photograph showing the shadow of Elmer Holmes Bobst Library over Washington Square Park on a sunny day.

Photograph of the courtyard outside of NYU's Stern School of Business.

A view from the Silver Towers courtyard, looking towards Laguardia Place (formerly West Broadway.) One Silver Towers building is on the left, with older non-NYU buildings in the background.

I took this picture of 27 Barrow St, in December, 2011. The building is still used by Greenwich House.

This New York Times article from 1920 describes a boxing tournament in New York City. James Romano, a boxer for Greenwich House Athletic Association, was involved in two fights.

Photograph of demolished buildings in the Washington Square Southeast Slum Clearance Area.

Photograph of buildings on West Broadway (now Laguardia Place) looking South from Washington Square Park.

Photograph of a block along West Houston Street, between West Broadway and Wooster Street.

North Side of West 3rd Street, between Wooster Street and West Broadway. This block was part of the Washington Square Southeast Slum Clearance Project, and is now occupied by NYU's Elmer Holmes Bobst Library.

Photograph of businesses and people on Bleecker Street, between Greene and Mercer Streets.

This photo shows a child and his mother at the Greenwich House clinic for a physical examination before he begins the pre-school program.

This is a photograph of the girls basketball team at Greenwich House in 1928. The team began in 1922 and this photograph was used in the House's 1928 annual report.

This is a 1938 photograph of Ralph Wolfe, one of the basketball players on the Greenwich House intramural team.

The Ladder: A Lesbian Review is a magazine that was created by the Daughters of Bilitis. This organization used the magazine to help lesbian women connect and understand they were not alone. The Daughters of Bilitis, formed to focus on lesbian…

This is a picture of Harry Hay, one of the founders of the Mattachine Society. The Mattachine Society was one of the first organizations of the homophile movement that tried to gain equal rights for homosexuals.

This is a photograph of the staff of the Institute for Sex Research. This institution studied human sexual and proposed that male/male sexual encounters were more common than first thought. The Institute was made famous by Alfred Kinsey, who released…

This is a roster of the Greenwich House boys and girls Kindergarten classes in the 1927-1928 school year.

This is a photograph of Oscar Wilde, a famous author during the nineteenth century. Wilde also gained notoriety during his famous trial for gross indecency and sodomy. He was convicted and sentenced to two years hard labor in a British Worker's Camp.…

This map is shows the Gay Pride March's route for their yearly parade. Instead of starting in front of The Stonewall Inn like the first march in 1970 and end in Central Park, it now starts on 36th Street and ends near the Stonewall. The march is…

On the second night of the Stonewall Riots, several hundred gay men and lesbians took to Christopher Street to protest the treatment of homosexuals in New York City. The riots started after the Stonewall Inn as raided for alcohol violations and the…

Relevant excerpts:

Program - Continued

TARTINI (1692-1770) Minuetto for String Quartet
Jacob Lufschutz, Frank Gullino, Joseph di Gemma, Eolo Testi

ANTONIO VIVALDI (--died 1743) Presto from Concerto in A minor for violin solo with…

The census record contains biographic information of Victor Raffo.

This is the advertising campaign that was used for the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. The Rainbow Pilgrimage was used to attract the GLBT community from around the globe to help celebrate the start of the Gay Rights Movement. New York tried…

A year after the Stonewall Riots on June 28, 1969, the Gay Liberation Front and several other organizations came together to form the first Christopher Street Liberation Day March on June 28, 1970. The March started in front of the Stonewall Inn and…

After the Stonewall Riots in 1969, the Gay Rights Movement back a global movement by the early 70s. In June of 1970, the first Christopher Street Liberation Day March was organized. These marches quickly grew larger and gained more attention every…

After the Stonewall Riots in 1969 in New York City, the Gay Rights Movement migrated around the globe. After Apartheid ended in South Africa, there was an influx in civil rights, which included looking at homosexuality. The process has not been easy,…

The rectory building of St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery, designed by Ernest Flagg and constructed in 1900. It was renovated Herbert Edelman in 1999, and now houses three community organizations: the Greenwich Village Society for Historic…

After the Stonewall Riots in 1969, the Gay Rights Movement spread to other countries. Brazil, has gone through several transformations and their GLBT community is working hard to guarantee equality and safety for everyone.

After the Stonewall Riots in 1969, Gay Pride Parades can be seen in different countries to show unity for equal rights. This photograph was taken at a Gay Pride March in Bucharest, Romania.

This is a photograph of an Israeli soldier at a Gay Pride Rally in Jerusalem. Gay Rights is now a global issue that is gaining attention in multiple countries, including Israel.

This is a photograph of a transvestite that was arrested after a police raid of the Artists' Exotic Carnival and Ball at the Manhattan Center on Halloween of 1962. The police raided any bar or establishment that served liquor to sexual deviant…

Webster Hall, located in Greenwich Village, hosted several Drag Balls during the 1920s. The events were wildly successful and it was one of the few times when transvestites were allowed to openly dress in drag. The events continued until the Great…

This sign is next to the front door leading into Greenwich House. The sign has been visible in pictures of the Greenwich House building since the 1920s.

A portrait of Woody Guthrie from 1942 while he was a member of the Almanac Singers.

USING HYPNOTISM TO CURE DRUNKARDS
The Rev. Dr. Batten Had Made the Treatment a Part of His Church Extension Work.
STEADY DRINKER EASIEST
Few Backsliders Among His Patients, He Tells St. Mark's Congregation - The Lure of the Saloon.

Frederick Clark Withers in Civil War dress

This is a political cartoon that takes a stance against Don't Ask Don't Tell. It shows three fallen soldiers and asks "Which is the gay one?" This is an example how sexuality should not be considered a factor for defending the United States.

An image of an article from the first anniversary issue of People's Songs which describes the beginning of folk singing in the park.

The First Anniversary issue of People's Songs with an image of IWW songwriter Joe Hill on the cover.

A portrait and signature of Alexander Hamilton Vinton, Rector of St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery from 1861 to 1869, when he resigned to take up a rectorship in Boston. Under his lead at St. Mark's Church, the St. Mark's Mission Chapel and Free School…

An image of the "Plow Under," from the Almanac Singers' album Songs for John Doe. This song was part of a publication called "Sign of the Times," also the name of a concert and revue the Almanacs staged in 1941.