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October 4 1980: Danceteria Raided

October 4, 1980: Police raid and shut down the after hours club Danceteria for not having a liquor license arresting 27 (but not an elusive David).

Photographer unknown, David Wojnarowicz Mugshot from Danceteria Raid, 1980. Courtesy David Wojnarowicz Papers, the Downtown Collection at the Fales Library & Special Collections at New York University

Photographer unknown, Brian Butterick, Danceteria 27, 1980. Courtesy David Wojnarowicz Papers, the Downtown Collection at Fales Library & Special Collections at New York University

Photographer unknown, Jesse Hultberg, Danceteria, 1980. Courtesy David Wojnarowicz Papers, the Downtown Collection at Fales Library & Special Collections at New York University

Photographer unknown, Max Blagg, Danceteria, 1980. Courtesy David Wojnarowicz Papers, the Downtown Collection at Fales Library & Special Collections at New York University

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