Pride and Progress
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Title
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Pride and Progress
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Rights
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Copyright Ann Northrup
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Type
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StillImage
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Creator
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Northrup, Ann
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Date
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2003
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Description
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Pride and Progress occupies the entire west wall of the William Way LGBT Community Center in Philadelphia’s Gayborhood. The 55’ x 165′ mural depicts a gay pride festival in the midst of nearby landmarks, including the Drake Hotel. On the far left side of the mural, a man pastes up a poster depicting the historic 1965 march in Philadelphia that sparked the gay civil rights movement. This section gives an historic and political context to the piece. The rest of the mural reveals a sunny plaza with a crowd of celebrants.
Northrup says that one of the highlights of working on this mural were the people who came by daily to give their appreciation and support. Northrup was excited about the opportunity to state publicly, with this mural, the feelings about the good in people and the importance that people are accepted and that their love be accepted and celebrated. She hopes this mural is a catalyst for increased tolerance of the real diversity among people.
Although Ann is not herself a member of the gay community, her sister and her sister’s partner are depicted on the far right side of the mural.
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Description source
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Format
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image/jpeg
1400 × 1116 pixels
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Language
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English
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Place
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
William Way LGBT Community Center
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Contributor
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Photo by Jack Ramsdale
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Extent
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279 KB
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Identifier
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2003-083-Mural-Mile-09_Pride-and-Progress
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Relation
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Mural Arts Philadelphia
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Subject
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public art
mural paintings (visual works)
Gay pride
LGBTQ+ arts
LGBTQ+ civil rights
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Temporal Coverage
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2003
Pride and Progress