DELL MEAGHER’S MILLINERY STORE
600 block of S.W. Broadway (address numbers changed since; somewhere between 600 and 618)
Years: possibly around 1912 to 1913
These men were having a gay old time at a party in the early 1900s / LGBTQ Nation https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2018/10/men-gay-old-time-party-early-1900s/
The photo could also be taken in the apartment home of Claude Bronner there was the first documented drag in Portland? Per GLAPN website: Apartment of Claude Bronner and Nathan Healy, 1731 S.W. Taylor, formerly 553 Taylor (old number)[photo to the left]. They were two men arrested in the 1912 Vice Clique Scandal. They are recorded as living together at this address in the 1910 census and other records show they may have been together for a decade or more before this. Upon the breaking of the scandal, Healy shockingly turned on Bronner to save himself. Healy went free and Bronner went to the state penitentiary.
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History/Story: Per https://www.glapn.org/6045walkingtour.html Meagher was arrested in the 1912 Vice Clique Scandal and, at the time, was the “roommate” of attorney Edward McAllister, also arrested. Meagher lent clothing from his store for use in local drag parties.