BARchives t shirt promotional picture on a tardigrade model. Hand drawn images of logos from Dyke Bars of San Francisco’s past, 1936-2015.
Isaac the Research Librarian at GLBT Archives SF modeling BARchives design
A silent slideshow of San Francisco dyke lesbian bar ephemera throughout the ages. Mostly SF with a few East Bay based images
The Viewfinder is a portal into women’s bars of the olden days. Each image is sourced from the archives, giving the viewer an intimate peak.
The films are images of Peg’s Place, Scott’s Pit, The Fallen Angel, Tommy’s Joint and 12 Adler Place.
April activating the Sapphic Seance Viewfinder.
Elo activating the Sapphic Seance Viewfinder.
In June of 2025 we hosted Resort of Sexual Deviancy: The Art Show. We exhibited over 100 flyers of past San Francisco women’s bars, transforming MOTHER into its own archival installation.
We gave an artist Talk about the history of the project and a timeline of the bars in their social contexts.
We have entered our On The Ground Research era.
We began a series of interviews to build a picture of what life has looked like in queer spaces of yesteryear. This is from our interview with author LG.