Scorpio’s or Scorpio’s Adult Book Store or Scorpio’s Adult Books
209 SW Taylor 222-4800 [between 2nd/3rd on Taylor probably next to The Book Bin] Years: 1972-1986
Ad above from The Fountain newspaper as well as the one to the right from December 1972
citations & references:
· City of Portland Directory, page 230, 1964 – Amber Inn 209 SW Taylor
· Listed in Guide to the Portland Area Gay Scene July 1972, The Fountain
· Listed in Guide to the Portland Area Gay Scene September 1972, page 17, – 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
· Listed in Damron Address Book/Address Guide 1978 under Book Store
· Listed in Damron Address Book/Address Guide 1979 under Book Store
· Listed in Damron Address Book/Address Guide 1980 under Book Store
· Listed in Damron Address Book/Address Guide 1981 under Book Store
· Listed in Damron Address Book/Address Guide 1982 under Book Store
· Listed in Damron Address Book/Address Guide 1983 under Book Store
· Listed in Damron Address Book/Address Guide 1984 under Book Store
· Listed in Damron Address Book/Address Guide 1985 under Book Store
· Listed in Damron Address Book/Address Guide 1986 under Book Store
· Not Listed in Damron Address Book/Address Guide 1987-89
· 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: