Hard Times Bookstore
· 926 SW 3rd, 224–2338: 1971-1986
· 311 NW Broadway, 223–2398: 1986-2004
Later became Taboo
Ad in The Fountain August 1972 - notice the young man image at bottom left - also used in Book-A-Rama
Cited in The Yellow Pages – through Nov 1996 Video page 1952 and the name is HARD TIMES VIDEO with an ad
Early 1971 ad
Squeezed between the Lotus Room and Dinty Moore’s on SW 3rd [926 SW 3rd]
Stated in a paper dated Spring 1-1-2012, entitled Public Policy and Sexual Geography in Portland, Oregon, 1970-2010 by Elizabeth Morehead at Portland State University:
citations & references:
· Listed in Guide to the Portland Area Gay Scene July and September 1972 – The Fountain
· Listed in Damron Address Book/Address Guide 1974 under Book Store
· Listed in Damron Address Book/Address Guide 1975 under Book Store
· Cited in Jeff Taylor’s Gay Guide for the Pacific Northwest – Summer 1975 edition, page 15 under Bookstores.
· Listed in Damron Address Book/Address Guide 1976 under Book Store
· Listed in Damron Address Book/Address Guide 1977 under Book Store and called just Hard times Adult Books
· Listed in Damron Address Book/Address Guide 1978 under Book Store and called just Hard times Adult Books
· Listed in Damron Address Book/Address Guide 1979 under Book Store with notation, * - Very Popular and called just Hard times Adult Books
· Listed in Damron Address Book/Address Guide 1980 under Book Store with notation, * - Very Popular and called just Hard times Adult Books
· Listed in Damron Address Book/Address Guide 1981
· Listed in Damron Address Book/Address Guide 1982 [Best to avoid]
· Listed in Damron Address Book/Address Guide 1983 [sleezy]
· Listed in Orange folder FALL 1983 and revised in 1987– Answering Service – possibly like the resource directory developed by the Counseling Center for Sexual Minorities Referral and Resources Book and what has been used with their revised April 1, 1980, edition. This place was cited under Adult Leisure Activities – Hard Times Adult Center the phone number was listed as 223-2398
· Not Listed in Damron Address Book/Address Guide 1984
· Not Listed in Damron Address Book/Address Guide 1985
· Not Listed in Damron Address Book/Address Guide 1986
1973 ad
citations & references:
MOVED TO HARD TIMES VIDEO 311 NW Broadway (503) 223-2398 Daily 24 hours videos, mags, arcade
· Listed in Damron Address Book/Address Guide 1987 at 311 NE Broadway
· Listed in Damron Address Book/Address Guide 1988 at 311 NE Broadway
· Listed in Damron Address Book/Address Guide 1989 at 311 NE Broadway
· Listed in Damron Address Book/Address Guide 1990 under Erotica/Adult Books at 311 NE Broadway – 24 hours
· Cited in the MAPS section of the Alternative Connection, page 23 December 1991 – 311 NW Broadway 223-2398
· Not Listed in Damron Address Book/Address Guide 1991
· Not listed in Damron Address Book/Address Guide 1992
· Do not possess Damron Address Book/Address Guide 1993
· Listed in Damron Address Book/Address Guide 1994 under Erotica/Adult Books at 311 NE Broadway – 24 hours
· Listed in Damron Address Book/Address Guide 1995 under Erotica/Adult Books at 311 NE Broadway – 24 hours
· Listed in Damron Address Book/Address Guide 1996 under Erotica/Adult Books at 311 NE Broadway – 24 hours
· Cited in The Yellow Pages – through Nov 1996 Video page 1881 and the name is HARD TIMES VIDEO
· Listed in Damron Road Atlas 1994 Under: Erotica
· Listed in Damron Road Atlas 1995 Under: Erotica
· Listed in Ferrari Guides Men’s Travel 1999 Under: Erotica
· Listed in Damron Address Book/Address Guide 1997 under Erotica/Adult Books at 311 NE Broadway – 24 hours
· Listed in Damron Address Book/Address Guide 1998 under Erotica/Adult Books at 311 NE Broadway – 24 hours
· Listed in Damron Address Book/Address Guide 1999 under Erotica/Adult Books at 311 NE Broadway – 24 hours
· Listed in Damron’s Men’s Travel Guide 2000 Under: Erotica
· Cited in Portland’s 2005 Columbia FunMap, Page 20, “Hard Times under Adult Entertainment.”
Ad in City News newspaper Feb 14, 1986
Ad in 1998 Mr/Miss Gay Program
Per https://www.bizapedia.com/or/hard-times-video.html website: Hard Times Video is an Oregon Assumed Business Name filed On January 28, 2004. The company's filing status is listed as Inactive and its File Number is 194520-93.
The Registered Agent on file for this company is Albert D Bedrosian and is located at 1002 SE 8th Ave, Portland, OR 97214. The company's principal address is 311 Nw Broadway, Portland, OR 97209.
The company has 1 contact on record. The contact is Albert D Bedrosian from Portland OR.
2014 photo when Taboo inhabited the space at 311 NW Broadway next to Stag.