Harvey Milk sitting at the mayor's desk in City Hall
1978
Supervisor Harvey Milk occupies Mayor George Moscone's desk while standing in for him for a day. Milk had taken office earlier that year as one of the first openly gay elected officials in the United States, and both men were shot dead in City Hall in November 1978. The photograph is by Daniel Nicoletta, who documented Milk closely.
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