Memorabilia
Give the People Light
- Item Number
- MKE124
- Estimated Value
- 165 USD
- Opening Bid
- 42 USD
Item Description
The first issue of The Wisconsin Light appeared on November 20, 1987 under the direction of Publisher Jerry Johnson and Editor Terry Boughner, lifetime partners for more than 20 years. The front page banner included the motto: “Give the People Light and they will find their own way.”
Ten years later on November 6, 1997, The Wisconsin Light published a 120-page anniversary issue called “A Decade of Light.” It included a massive timeline of all major LGBT events--local, statewide and national--that had been reported in The Wisconsin Light since its founding, along with hundreds of photos of those events, most taken by Jerry Johnson. It stands as the most thorough history ever compiled of that 10-year period of LGBT life in Wisconsin.
Therefore, it is with great honor and pride that the Queen of the May online auction offers for bid Mr. Johnson's donation of an original copy of the gala program booklet of the 1997 gala party held at the downtown Hilton Hotel ballroom as well as an original copy of the historic 120-page tenth anniversary edition of The Wisconsin Light newspaper.
Item Special Note
If you as the winning bidder live within the metro Milwaukee area or its collar counties, please contact Patrick Price, Director of Philanthropy at the Milwaukee LGBT Community Center, either by phone (414-292-3065) or e-mail (pprice@mkelgbt.org) to schedule a time to pick up your item at the Community Center.
If you as the winning bidder live outside the metro Milwaukee area or the state of Wisconsin, please call or e-mail Mr. Price to discuss shipping and handling fees and location of delivery.
code: JAJ
Donated By:
Jerry A. Johnson
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