Danny-Darko Posted August 19, 2022 Posted August 19, 2022 Vintage Gym Showers thomas, BSR, BabyBoomer and 1 other 3 1
Danny-Darko Posted August 19, 2022 Posted August 19, 2022 + Charlie, Whitman, + bashful and 1 other 4
Danny-Darko Posted August 19, 2022 Posted August 19, 2022 Another from the book 'A Class Apart' by James Gardiner. + Trebor and + bashful 2
Danny-Darko Posted August 21, 2022 Posted August 21, 2022 (edited) Below, 1940's photo of the Black Cat - one of the earliest gay bars in San Francisco "Off limits to naval and military personnel" They even posted military police (Army & Navy) outside to prevent enlisted men from entering. Photo by Peter Stackpole Edited August 21, 2022 by Danny-Darko BabyBoomer, + bashful and + azdr0710 3
Danny-Darko Posted August 21, 2022 Posted August 21, 2022 Handsome German Sailor WWII + Charlie, + bashful, BabyBoomer and 1 other 4
Danny-Darko Posted August 21, 2022 Posted August 21, 2022 U.S. Navy Sailor Whitman, + bashful, BabyBoomer and 2 others 5
Whitman Posted August 21, 2022 Posted August 21, 2022 + bashful, + Pensant, + azdr0710 and 2 others 4 1
+ azdr0710 Posted August 21, 2022 Posted August 21, 2022 (edited) 12 hours ago, Danny-Darko said: Below, 1940's photo of the Black Cat - one of the earliest gay bars in San Francisco "Off limits to naval and military personnel" They even posted military police (Army & Navy) outside to prevent enlisted men from entering. Photo by Peter Stackpole history nut that I am, had to look up the place.....I'll bet there may be a forum member who was here before it closed in 1964.....quite a history.....the building still stands at 710 Montgomery, now occupied by an upscale French cafe.......the google link is safe for a "now" picture...... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Cat_Bar https://www.google.com/maps/@37.7957877,-122.4033745,3a,75y,74.04h,98.2t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s-M7xi97S16N7bJpIulVMOg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en&authuser=0 Edited August 21, 2022 by azdr0710 + bashful, Danny-Darko, + Pensant and 2 others 2 3
+ Pensant Posted August 22, 2022 Posted August 22, 2022 22 hours ago, Whitman said: Never seen so many hotties in one shot! Was this from a film? If so, I’d love to watch it.
+ Charlie Posted August 22, 2022 Posted August 22, 2022 16 hours ago, azdr0710 said: history nut that I am, had to look up the place.....I'll bet there may be a forum member who was here before it closed in 1964.....quite a history.....the building still stands at 710 Montgomery, now occupied by an upscale French cafe.......the google link is safe for a "now" picture...... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Cat_Bar https://www.google.com/maps/@37.7957877,-122.4033745,3a,75y,74.04h,98.2t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s-M7xi97S16N7bJpIulVMOg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en&authuser=0 For those of us involved in the legal battle over gay rights on the East coast in the 1960s, the Black Cat was legendary. So when I made my first visit to SF in 1967, I hoped to see it, but it was gone. + azdr0710 and Danny-Darko 1 1
Whitman Posted August 22, 2022 Posted August 22, 2022 RICKY NELSON (FOREGROUND) AND HIS BROTHER DAVID NELSON + Trebor, + bashful, Danny-Darko and 2 others 4 1
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