Aug 18, 2022 - Sale 2613

Sale 2613 - Lot 238

Unsold
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750

HARVEY MILK (1930-1978)


In Honor of Our Friend Harvey Milk.
Program, 285x215 mm; 11 1/4x8 1/2 inches; minimal wear. San Francisco, CA, 30 November [1978].

Program for a memorial service held at the San Francisco Opera House just three days after the assassination. It features a facsimile of a quotation from Victor Hugo in Milk's hand, on his letterhead: "All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come." 4,000 mourners attended the service.