TAYLOR OF SAN FRANCISCO Custom Leather, Body Jewelry Free Piercing, 3-Star Aroma, Leather Repairs, Hot Action Art, Toys For The Playroom [At The Brig]

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San Francisco, 1978, Poster

TAYLOR OF SAN FRANCISCO Custom Leather, Body Jewelry Free Piercing, 3-Star Aroma, Leather Repairs, Hot Action Art, Toys For The Playroom [At The Brig] 

Original 1978 Illustrated Poster. (Artist unknown). B&W lithograph on heavy paper, 21” x 14.25”. VERY GOOD CONDITION: stiff creases, some age toning to the rear, a handsome piece of San Francisco LGBTQ+ ephemera. 

Way before the Folsom Street Fair, Leathermen paraded along the streets of SoMa, mostly after dark. Decked out in black or western leather chaps, vests, jackets, belts, harnesses, and codpieces, all that rigging, kink wear, BDSM restraints and body jewelry were made and sold in the fantasy leather and sex toy shops found in SoMa bars like Taylor of San Francisco at the Brig. South of Market was one of the most extensive and densely occupied Leather neighborhoods in the world. 

Joe Taylor ran his leather goods shop at the back of Brig Bar in 1978 and moved to the Ramrod Bar circa 1982. He also ran a custom leather workshop and private dungeon (featured in the “Dungeons of San Francisco” issue of Drummer magazine, #17) on Clementina in SoMa from the late 70s into the mid 80s. In the style of the times, Taylor billed his business as “Taylor of San Francisco” following the gay icon “Tom of Finland.” Taylor was a SoMa icon in his own right and his workshop is listed in the SoMa registry of historic places.

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