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ShoreBar, formerly the S.S. Friendship, 2023
1media/SS Friendship_resized_thumb.jpg2024-04-19T15:40:51-07:00Beth McDonald0fdc6d8696ca8ca12c571f0f59d3d5703e5e4ab0449871After Prohibition was repealed, Doc Law turned his drugstore-slash-speakeasy into the S.S. Friendship bar in 1938. A unique example of mimetic architecture, the Friendship was a popular gay hangout for decades, and was the model for the gay bar in Christopher Isherwood's novel A Single Man.plain2024-04-19T15:40:51-07:00Santa Monica History MuseumLGBTQ+ communitiesFor copyright and usage questions, please contact the holding institution.Beth McDonald0fdc6d8696ca8ca12c571f0f59d3d5703e5e4ab0
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