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Title: Nob Hill Theatre collection
Dates: 1968-2018
Collection Number: 2019-02
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 20 linear feet
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: Nob Hill Theatre was a male strip club and erotic theater located in San Francisco, CA. It catered to predominately gay men
from the late 1960s until its closure in 2018. The collection contains artifacts and ephemera, including posters, performance
and production ephemera, a binder featuring nude photographic portraits of performers, a cubicle for viewing videos with a
gloryhole, a stage set piece, a wooden sculpture of a male torso, a T-shirt, and a leather sling.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research. Erotica in this collection may only be viewed by researchers age eighteen and over and it
is made available for educational and research purposes.
[Identification of item]. Nob Hill Theatre collection. Collection Number: 2019-02. GLBT Historical Society
Gift of Larry Hoover and Gary Luce, former owners of Nob Hill Theatre, December 2018. Additions by Shokai Sinclair in September
2020 and Eric Smith in June 2023.
Scope and Content of Collection
Nob Hill Theatre was a male strip club and erotic theater located in San Francisco, CA. It catered to predominately gay men
from the late 1960s until its closure in 2018. The collection contains artifacts and ephemera, including posters, performance
and production ephemera, a binder featuring nude photographic portraits of performers, a cubicle for viewing videos with a
gloryhole, a stage set piece, a wooden sculpture of a male torso, a T-shirt, and a leather sling.
GSSO Linked Terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000374; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_003450; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_005822;
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000268
Gay men
Erotica
Theater
Leather