John Anderies

@cccamac.bsky.social

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Director of the John J. Wilcox, Jr. Archives at William Way LGBT Community Center. Coloradan in Philly. Pie baker. Married to @riversaredamp.bsky.social (He/him/his)

The same view of the Empire State Building, during the snow.
Shot of the Empire State Building at dusk, with a crescent moon in the sky, and other buildings in the foreground.
Archivist John Anderies in a turquoise shirt and dark slacks holds a rainbow street sign themed award labeled "LGBTQ+ History Keeper" while Councilperson Rue Landau in a black pants suit holds an opened citation from Philadelphia City Council.
I’m sitting at a restaurant table, holding a blue plastic shark over a tall iced drink with a yellow straw.
Selfie of me in a red baseball cap and blue Phillies t-shirt with a brown letter P with yellow squiggly line to make it look like a pretzel.
iPhone recording of myself inside an Eagles-themed Lyft ride through Center City Philadelphia. There are bright light patterns on the inside roof of the car and the sounds of eagles screeching coming from outside the car.
Frames from 35mm moving image film shot in black & white. Three men facing each other sitting in a dimly lit room. Two wear white shirts. One is in military uniform.
Frames from 35mm moving image film shot in black & white. Shot shows four men sitting around a table in dim light. Three men wearing white shirts. One wearing a military uniform.
An infographic featuring the title "My top places to go in 2025" by The New York Times. It includes circular images and names of five destinations: Sydney (Australia), Coimbra (Portugal), Amsterdam, French Basque Country, and Kristiansand (Norway).
Sepia toned photograph of Belle da Costa Greene, in profile facing left, with a white matte and gold toned frame.
The Empire State Building and other sky scrapers against a clear sky with the sun just to the left of it.
Picture of a gray laptop opened against a white background.
Image is a screenshot of the Philadelphia HIV/AIDS website. Across the top is the William Way LGBT Community Center’s logo and the menu items of the website. In the middle is a black & white photograph of members of ACT UP Philadelphia covering the Robert Indiana LOVE sculpture with a black tarp. The tower of City Hall and a high rise are in the background. The bottom of the image says “ Portal: Philadelphia HIV/AIDS History Portal” and has a big red asterisk, a thematic element of the website.
Background images from films of drag queens from the 1960s, one with red hair in a green dress sitting at a bar and looking at the camera, and a partial image of another drag queen in a little black dress and blond wig, mostly out of frame of the image. The following text is superimposed over the images: “Angle On: Short Films from the Archives  December 5th | 6PM Please join us for an evening of short films from the John J. WIlcox, Jr. Archives.  Featuring films held in the Archives and those created using materials from the collections, 1950s to 2024.  Subjects include queer and trans activism, gay travel, and, of course, Philly drag queens! John C. Anderson Apartments 251 South 13th Street William Way LGBT Community Center”
Background images from films of drag queens from the 1960s, one with red hair in a green dress sitting at a bar and looking at the camera, and a partial image of another drag queen in a little black dress and blond wig, mostly out of frame of the image. The following text is superimposed over the images: “Angle On: Short Films from the Archives  December 5th | 6PM Please join us for an evening of short films from the John J. WIlcox, Jr. Archives.  Featuring films held in the Archives and those created using materials from the collections, 1950s to 2024.  Subjects include queer and trans activism, gay travel, and, of course, Philly drag queens! John C. Anderson Apartments 251 South 13th Street William Way LGBT Community Center”