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Personal data Leon Hartz Lampe 

• He was born on September 23, 1898 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.Sources 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9
• Resident:
• in the year 1929: Baltimore, Maryland, USA.Source 7
• in the year 1942: Baltimore, Maryland, USA.Source 2
• on 1951-1952: Maryland.Source 6
• 512 Bloom St., Baltimore.Source 9
• Balto, Maryland.Source 3
• Owings Mills.Source 8
• He died on February 1, 1982, he was 83 years old.Sources 4, 5, 6, 8
• He is buried in Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, United States of America.Source 4
• A child of Unknown Lampe

Household of Leon Hartz Lampe

He has/had a relationship with Nettie Bloom.

Notes about Leon Hartz Lampe

Owner of Leon's- 1890's was called Geogia's tap room. A bar in Maryland that in 1957 turnd into a gay bar:
0)The building that houses Leon’s has been a bar since the 1880s. It has been reported by Baltimore Heritage that it was called “Georgia’s Tap Room” in those days, but Gus informed me that some old bottles were once found in the attic of a home on nearby Read Street. The labels on the bottles read: George’s Tap Room. In the 1930s a man named Leon Lampe bought the place and named it Leon’s. It has been Leon’s ever since. During Prohibition it was a speakeasy. Nothing stops the booze from flowing at Leon’s. In the late 1950s the bar was purchased by a man named Mace Crystal along with his business partner Ben Adler. Gus informed me that Ben Adler had also owned a bar at 1100 North Eutaw Street, now the location of a state office building. Adler’s other bar was called The Eagle (no relation to the Baltimore Eagle) and for many years a large wooden eagle hung in the hallway at Tyson Place. Mace also owned a steel and metal fabrication business and made the shelves and such behind the bar at Leon’s and the Drinkery. Gus pointed out that they are still in use today. It is claimed that in 1957 Mace and Ben promoted their business as “gay friendly” but due to the political climate of the times patrons were asked at the door if they were “a friend of Dorothy.” This was a common code for gay that references the popularity of Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz. They also purchased a truck repair business behind Leon’s and turned it into a restaurant called Tyson place. (Now the location of Steampunk Alley) The buildings were connected by a hallway. This way folks could enter and exit via a restaurant and not be seen coming out of a gay bar.
1)https://explore.baltimoreheritage.org/items/show/553
2) https://leonsbaltimore.tripod.com/
3)https://baltimoreoutloud.com/wp/looking-back-at-leons/
4)https://www.washingtonblade.com/2017/04/26/leons-bar-baltimore-celebrates-60-years/?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=4122c1d66e1f4b399812423f1431a067160b20a3-1623699623-0-AX3Bvsp2xIO1m6Iba3YBkP1bac0vz1GXuFyYtWzqBJsbaRNagnYj5FUixlYX6VCb4S1KVjgZ47lC_GYyLX4G8os89mFNRFH5hdJ7s-pPJdUqba7Q1bkFSqLs-LbZUSYlkwDTLG-Oe1C5KZP6NPQMc3nDG75ztFfgiGhnEeeEq9Em5P28qMk0wOhz8LGBNfqtC7EpiNalWHKyzt8mZQKQrJrMNJ-3j3J4xd_Fl1dJ5b-h5hTHBUEFE1UvtaJSdEzDeaRy1UDEQPx41TdihAaoJD5_W_GcKQrKG6dRfn1jFR1UpUXrxnCnmuM3EqW9tIwQoaHuUMGhBfLoUoZgyUyHjSqC9DNOT8MG94bbl92JqRppn3lg50TmMUgpC6p51mFgWEhROiz4aJ9nK_97Z2o1eeOUaPEh6htBfQIMRVFRQU_Dy39P8o10CAQw_-b5IYhvMbOZUkcha7o9nBZU_2M_TSqTlWruBdqET5iOXh-LehnVaCDH5zsnQBQ-E8oWnqn4OgGO-iVoYm8ZEkkajFLqvzM
5) https://www.baltimoresun.com/citypaper/bcpnews-raising-a-glass-20151013-story.html
6) https://www.facebook.com/leonsmobilebar/photos/?ref=page_internal

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