Harrisburg Hustlers Volleyball Team

This collection was donated by an unidentified donor during a LGBT History Roadshow event in Harrisburg in October of 2019. It includes a t-shirt, a trophy, 4 buttons, and 1 wooden nickel.

NAGVA Nationals Tournament 4 (Chicago, IL) plaque.

NAGVA Nationals Tournament 4 (Chicago, IL) grey, short sleeve shirt.

Charm City (PA) invitational volleyball tournament plaque.

Harrisburg Hustlers HBG #16 yellow and black, long sleeve shirt.

Harrisburg Hustlers #3 yellow and black, short sleeve Captain shirt.

Harrisburg Hustlers #3 maroon and white long sleeve captian shirt.

Harrisburg Hustlers #3 red, long sleeve shirt.

NAGVA Nationals Tournament 4 (Chicago, IL) white, long sleeve shirt.

These materials document several LGBTQ+ bars that operated in the Harrisburg, PA area, namely The Archives Nightclub and Restaurant (1983), La Rose Rouge (1978-1992), Neptune’s Lounge (1972), and the Shadows bar (1980-1984). These items take the form of bar memorabilia, photographs, and video recordings.

This collection also includes trophies, plaques, and buttons highlighting the Harrisburg Hustler’s volleyball team, which Larry Wilson sponsored from 1981-1987. In addition, it includes an anniversary pin from The Pennsmen Inc., an organization for LGBTQ+ individuals with an interest in the leather/rubber/fetish lifestyle and was founded in South Central PA in 1977, and a scrapbook featuring Pennsmen events.

The beginning pages of the Pennsman scrapbook also includes pictures of Benedict A. “Wesley” Trautwein, a drag performer known as Francis Parker. Wesley was a part of the The Jewel Box Revue, a troupe of drag performers who traveled around the country from 1939 to 1969, which made many stops in Pennsylvania. After departing the Revue, he moved back to Harrisburg and continued preforming at local bars and clubs, such as The Neptune Lounge.

HBG (Harrisburg) Hustlers #3 white tank top.

Harrisburg Hustlers Captain #3 silver and black stripe t-Shirt.

Long sleeved shirt from volleyball competition Charm City Invitational '86.

The Harrisburg Hustler's volleyball team received this Charm City Invitational Baltimore (MD) trophy in 1987.

This trophy was received by the Harrisburg Hustlers volleyball team. It is labelled as the L.P. Rec. "B" Division League 2nd place trophy for 1983-84.

Trophy won by the Harrisburg Hustlers volleyball team in 1988. Plaque on the trophy reads "Charm City Invitational 3rd Place 1988."