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Jack Lord & Jenn Shaw
Where To Sin In San Francisco
A Humorous Directory of San Francisco "Sinful" Night Clubs, Restaurants, and other Locations for Planning a Night Out of Sinning, Plus Sinful Hints for Having a Good Time
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San Francisco, The Book Cellar, 1945, stapled paper wraps
VG
[CALIFORNIA] [NIGHT LIFE – SAN FRANCISCO] [DIRECTORY] [RESTAURANTS & CLUBS] [HUMOR] Jack Lord & Jenn Shaw. Booklet titled Where to Sin in San Francisco (San Francisco: The Book Cellar, 1945), third edition (first issued in 1939 and again in 1944). Illustrated by Lloyd Hoff.
Stapled, paper wraps; illustrations on both front and back covers; 191, [1] pp; humorous illustrations throughout. Light crease to lower right corner of front cover; overall, in VG condition. [26-858]
The front cover sub-title lists some of the types of content to be found in the booklet: Sindex, Swing a Song of Sin, Getting Plastered, Speakeasies, Shows that Sizzle, Terrific Tradition, The New Sin, Gambling, For Women Only, For Men Only, and For Strangers. The authors’ introduction states, in part, “When a guy and his gal feel like a hunk of sin, they usually have a hell of a time finding the right place to do it in… We give it to you now, firmly believing that you’ll find in these pages, mood for mood, the straight dope on every San Francisco gutter that’s worth rolling in.”
While written with a lot of sinful humor, the booklet actually gives information and the address on many San Francisco night-life establishments, including Izzey Gomez’s, Circus Lounge, Twin Dragon, Top o’ the Mark, Breen’s, Trader Vic’s, Orchid Room, Club Moderne, Happy Valley, Parente’s, Joaquin Garay’s Greater Copacabana, Mona’s, The Apartment, Taxi, Round House, Bal Tabarin, Bee and Ray Goman’s Gay 90’s, Music Box, Bimbo’s, Forbidden City, Sinaloa, Finocchio Club, and Nino Milo’s Mocambo. For dining, there was Julius’ Castle, Omar Khayyam’s, John’s Rendezvous, Cliff House, Pierre’s, Cathay House, Domino Club, Schroeder’s, The Manger, Joe DiMaggio’s Yacht Club, and the Canary Den. Other recommendations include places for a haircut, a beauty salon, stylish clothing, tobacco, perfume, and flowers. The last section is some humorous paragraphs about how strangers could organize sinning venues in their hometowns.
Fun guide to San Francisco’s night life at the end of WWII.
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