Tin Angel (San Francisco)

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Coordinates: 37°48′11″N 122°24′06″W / 37.803175°N 122.401589°W / 37.803175; -122.401589
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Tin Angel
On-The-Levee
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Previous owner(s)Peggy Tolk–Watkins (1953 to 1958),
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Coordinates37°48′11″N 122°24′06″W / 37.803175°N 122.401589°W / 37.803175; -122.401589
Active dates1953–July 1961

The Tin Angel was a

live music venue, and restaurant in operation from 1953 to 1961, on the Embarcadero at 981 Embarcadero (near Pier 23) in San Francisco, California, U.S.[1] The venue and its founder were credited as "spearheading the 'Jazz on the Waterfront' movement" in the 1950s.[2]
In 1958, the club ownership changed and it was renamed On-The-Levee, before its closure in July 1961.

History

It was owned and managed by self-taught painter Peggy Tolk–Watkins, who worked in partnership with bordello owner and former Sausalito mayor, Sally Stanford.[3] Tolk–Watkins had previously opened a similar venue also named Tin Angel at 588 Bridgeway Boulevard in Sausalito, California from 1948 to July 1951.[1][4][5][6][7] Tolk–Watkins was referred to as "queen of the dykes",[8] and Tin Angel was considered a lesbian nightclub.[9]

Folk singer

Odetta and Larry and they performed at the Tin Angel for about 8 months. The Odetta and Larry duo released a self-titled album on Fantasy Records, recorded in 1953 and 1954 at the Tin Angel.[11] Other performers at Tin Angel included Bob Scobey, Turk Murphy, Kid Ory, Muggsy Spanier, George Lewis, Bob Mielke, Claire Austin, and Lizzie Miles with Wally Rose.[12]

The album cover for Turk Murphy's When The Saints Go Marching In (1954) features an image of the interior of the club.[12]

In total, a collection of San Francisco LGBT venues opened and flourished in the early 1950s, including the Tin Angel,

Embarcadero Freeway.[12]

It was featured in the Kim Anno art exhibition "Lost and Found: A Museum of Lesbian Memory, Part 1" (2000) shown at "The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Historical Society of Northern California," and at the San Francisco Public Library.[15]

See also

References

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  2. ISSN 2574-593X. Archived
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    ISBN 978-0-520-20415-7. Archived
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    ISSN 0891-5164. Archived
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  5. ISSN 0891-5164. Archived
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  6. ISBN 978-1-4214-2633-4. Archived
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  7. ^ Flanagan, Michael (July 23, 2017). "Saucy Sausalito". Bay Area Reporter. Archived from the original on 2023-04-16. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
  8. ^ "A Brief Literary History of Gay and Lesbian Bars". Literary Hub. 2021-02-19. Archived from the original on 2022-12-06. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
  9. ISSN 0022-4529. Archived
    from the original on 2023-04-16. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
  10. ISSN 2574-593X. Archived
    from the original on 2023-04-16. Retrieved 2023-04-16 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ISBN 978-0-252-09642-6. Archived
    from the original on 2023-04-16. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
  12. ^ a b c d "Tin Angel - On the Levee". The San Francisco Traditional Jazz Foundation Collection - Spotlight at Stanford. Stanford University. 2018-08-09. Archived from the original on 2021-11-28. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
  13. ^ Boyd, Dick (2010). "Before the Castro: North Beach, a Gay Mecca". FoundSF. Archived from the original on October 18, 2022. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
  14. The San Francisco Examiner. July 8, 1973. Archived
    from the original on 2023-04-16. Retrieved 2023-04-16 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ISSN 1932-8672
    . Retrieved 2023-04-17.
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