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HARVEY MILK (1930-1978)
Campaign flyer from his only campaign for state office. 6 illustrated panels on one folding sheet, 230x280 mm; 9x11 inches, in blue and black; minimal wear. San Francisco: Union Offset, [1976].
Milk ran three times for a position of San Francisco's Board of Supervisors, in 1973, 1975, and 1977, when he won a seat. In 1976, he ran for a seat in the California State Assembly, representing the 16th Assembly District. In a competitive primary, he received 41% of the votes. Milk was already well known as a gay activist and the unofficial "Mayor of Castro Street" by 1976, but this brochure does not mention his sexuality. It presents him as a successful small businessman, an outsider fighting against corruption and machine politics. Listed on his campaign committee is Carol Ruth Silver, who joined him on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors the following year. The brochure is illustrated with 5 photographs of Milk, most of them taken while talking with constituents.
