Frank Thompson photograph albums

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Scope/Contents Note

The collection consists of two scrapbooks containing photographs of Frank Thompson and various friends in New York City, Vermont, and during Thompson's service in the United States Army in Germany and Sicily during World War Two. The photographs document the lives and culture of gaymen in the 1940s and 1950s.

Controlled Access Terms

• United States. Army -- Military life.
• Gay men -- New York (State) -- New York.
• Gay military personnel -- United States.
• Homosexuality -- United States.
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Italy -- Sicily.
• New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
• Photograph albums.
• Photographs.
• Soldiers