Queer Places:
88 Front St, Waterville, ME 04901
546 W 23rd St, New York, NY 10011
4129 17th St, San Francisco, CA 94114
Norman Elias Nagem (May 12, 1918 - March 21, 2000) was born in Waterville, Maine, the son of Joseph Elias Nagem (1896-1967) and Lottie M. Mathieu (1893-1952). He lived in Los Angeles before moving to San Francisco in the 1950s. He may have served in the Navy in World War II. According to friends, he worked as a handyman in Cloverdale and as a waiter at the Bohemian Club in San Francisco.
Nagem had a small pension and owned a building in the Castro. Nagem had several long-term partners and many lovers. His idol was Joan Crawford. Nagem’s drag name was Norma Jean Crawfish.
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