Written on verso: "Fig 198. Councilwoman Susan Hammer left, listens to constituents concerns at the Billy DeFrank Lesbian and Gay Community Center's seventh anniversary, 1988." See Ted Sahl, "From Closet to Community," (2002), p. 86-87. Susan Hammer served on the San Jose City Council from 1983-1990, and from 1991-1998 she served as the Mayor. See Susan Hammer Papers, SJSU Special Collections & Archives, http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt6r29r199/.