Thread by @honeymelted

Real old photos of sapphics; a thread

1880

1889

1890

1910

1920

1930 I'm sensitive

Dorothy Putnam and Lois Mercer started dating in the 1930's and were partners for over 50 years.

Dorothy served in the Women’s Ambulance and Transport Corps of California during the World War II, and later the Air Force, rising to the rank of First Lieutenant.

Evelyn Jackie Bross and Catherine Barscz at the Racine Avenue Police Station in Chicago, 1943, for violating the cross-dressing ordinance.

1950

always cottagecore

old times

always caring

strong

in love

in group

demonstrating

getting married

admiring

and always inspiring

Jannett Louise, Mary Alice Wesley and Ann Bush, Florida

Takarazuka Girls, 1930. The Takarazuka Revue is an all female Japanese musical theatre act.

Lesbian wedding, 1968

1940

oriental couples

Members of Lavender Menace, at the second congress to unite women, New York, 1970

Gay Activists Alliance Softball team

The Black Lesbian Caucus, New York Gay Pride, 1972

Women embracing at Michigan Womyn's festival, 1976

couple

Germantown couple, 1977

The Atlanta Lesbian Feminist Alliance Softball team

Lesbian protests

2° photo from 1982

The common Lives team

lovely couples

Janet Gail and Carolina Kroon

The lesbian tent at the Beijing International Women's Conference

2° photo: Keisha and Lia, 1995

from older times to the more recent

Lesbian couple fighting for custody of their child, 1995

Gay rights demonstration, New York 1971

New York Pride March, 1993

Bibliographical References

Some history information were taken from this site

autostraddle.com/150-years-of-l…

Some of the pictures from the beginning of the thread were taken from this site.

vintag.es/2016/05/vintag…

Some photos were taken from here.

dailymail.co.uk/femail/article…