Kings Laundry (Updated over a year ago)

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Kings Laundry at 536 Castro Street; From the 1960s to the 1980s or so, the pink triangles on the facade tiles pre-date the adoption by the gay community of the Nazi symbol converting it from a symbol of shame and death to one of pride and life.

Tags: castro , kings laundry , laundromat

Added to Max Kirkeberg Collection on January 12, 2015.

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  • Created by: Kirkeberg, Max
  • Date: 6/25/1982
  • Slide ID: Castro-Castro-500-W-07
  • Type: Slide
  • Format: TIFF
  • Source: Emeritus Professor Max Kirkeberg, Department of Geography, San Fransisco State University
  • Locale: San Francisco, California
  • Publisher: San Francisco State University
  • Rights: Public

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