citations & references:

• City of Portland Directory, page 2281, 1940 – Depot Tavern 638 SW 6th Ave

• Per an article in the newspaper Northwest Gay Review, June 1977 written by W Holman “A Gay History – lest it be forgotten” sheds may stories on various bars, [time period possibly 1961-1964] “The crowd had spread, away from the waterfront. Close to Union Station was the Caboose Room. The owners, loves in name only, served more bickering than food and the bar closed payment was made on the carpeting.”

• Per a paper called Chronology of Portland’s Gay Bars – author unknown, “1962 only. Jack and Vida Eckastrom”

Ad below is from From The Oregonian, December 26, 1963.