8 results for: Tacky Tourist Clubs of America, Seattle Chapter
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Queen City Cruise poster, Seattle, August 6, 1983
The nonprofit Tacky Tourist Clubs of America was founded in Seattle in the early 1980s, and incorporated in 1988. The organization sponsored annual parties and events to raise money for other nonprofits, mostly those benefiting the gay and lesbian community. Three popular annual events were the Queen City Cruise, an "unofficial Seafair" event on Elliott Bay and beloved by many;…
ID Number:2007.9.23
Date:1983
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The Prom You Never Went To poster, Seattle, May 27, 1984
The nonprofit Tacky Tourist Clubs of America was founded in Seattle in the early 1980s, and incorporated in 1988. The organization sponsored annual parties and events to raise money for other nonprofits, mostly those benefiting the gay and lesbian community. Three popular annual events were the Queen City Cruise, an "unofficial Seafair" event on Elliott Bay and beloved by many;…
ID Number:2007.9.25
Date:1984
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Things That Go Bump in the Night poster, Seattle, 1985
The nonprofit Tacky Tourist Clubs of America was founded in Seattle in the early 1980s, and incorporated in 1988. The organization sponsored annual parties and events to raise money for other nonprofits, mostly those benefiting the gay and lesbian community. Three popular annual events were the Queen City Cruise, an "unofficial Seafair" event on Elliott Bay and beloved by many;…
ID Number:2007.9.26
Date:1985
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Things That Go Bump in the Night mailer, 1988
Sponsored by the Seattle Chapter of the Tacky Tourist Clubs of America, "Things That go Bump in the Night" was a dance party and costume contest held at the Seattle Aquarium on October 29, 1988. The event benefited Seattle Men's Chorus, Alice B. Theatre, Pride Festival Committee, Seattle Municipal Elections Committee for Gays & Lesbians (SEAMEC), and Tacky Tourist Clubs…
ID Number:2016.10.16.1
Date:1988
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Tacky Tourist Summer Vacation brochure, 1986
The Seattle Chapter of the Tacky Tourist Clubs of America published this leaflet detailing upcoming events for the summer of 1986. The events described were aimed at the gay and lesbian community and included festivities surrounding the annual Pride Parade, Seafair, and the Queen City Cruise. The Seattle Chapter also hosted other popular events during the year, such as "The…
ID Number:2016.10.16.2
Date:1986
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Mailer for Gay Nineties New Year's Eve party, 1989
This mailer announces a 1989 New Year's Eve party at Seattle's Union Station organized by the Seattle chapter of the Tacky Tourist Clubs of America, a fundraising organization for gay and lesbian causes. The party was called the Gay Nineties, a play on the nostalgic term for the 1890s. The Gay Nineties party raised money for the Chicken Soup Brigade,…
ID Number:2016.10.16.3.1
Date:1989
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Queen City Cruise advertisement, 1983
Sponsored by the Seattle chapter of the Tacky Tourist Clubs of America, the Queen City Cruise on August 6, 1983, promised "An Unforgivable Naughtycal Adventure on the High Seas!" The "Unofficial Seafair" event was held annually on Elliott Bay for several years and raised money for the Seattle Counseling Service for Sexual Minorities (now known as Seattle Counseling Service or…
ID Number:2016.10.17.1
Date:1983
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The Prom You Never Went To souvenir photo, 1990
Sponsored by the Seattle chapter of the Tacky Tourist Clubs of America, "The Prom You Never Went To" was an annual event first held in 1983 that became an institution in the local gay and lesbian community. The annual party at "Lavender Valley High School, Home of the Fighting Poodles," gave gay people an opportunity to take the people they…
ID Number:2016.10.18.1
Date:1990