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Advice; a Book of Poems, Maxwell Bodenheim, 1920
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Advice; a Book of Poems, Maxwell Bodenheim, 1920
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Female Hospital, formerly known as the Social Evils Hospital, where prostitutes went for medical inspections in the early 1870s when prostitution was legal in St. Louis. Photograph, 1900, by F. D. Hampson
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Missouri, July 14, 1895
Artists idea for a Sunday prohibition boat anchored near Coney Island.
About Elephantine Colossus, seen in the background, Wikipedia says:
Originally intended to serve as a hotel, the elephant contained novelty stalls, a gallery, a grand hall, and a museum in what would be the elephant’s left lung. The elephant’s eyes contained telescopes and acted as an observatory for visitors. Its manager claimed to see, from the elephant’s back, Yellowstone Park, Rio de Janeiro, and Paris.
As Coney Island became more established as a center of tourism and leisure, the elephant began to serve as a brothel as well. When the elephant caught fire on September 27, 1896, it had not been used for several years.
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Stranger’s Guide Around New York and its Vicinity, 1853
The Burlingame Enterprise, Kansas, October 2, 1913
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Henri Cartier-Bresson: Chinese courtesan, 1949
Vice raid, Laurel Canyon, 1954
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Bar maid Betty Berta talks to the police during an illegal gambling/prostitution raid on the bar, Laurel Canyon, 1954
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Chicago, October 24, 1894
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George Brassaï: Two prostitutes, Boulevard Montparnasse, 1932
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Washington, D.C. - Girl sitting alone in the Sea Grill, a bar and restaurant waiting for a pickup. “I come in here pretty often, sometimes alone, mostly with another girl, we drink beer, and talk, and of course we keep our eyes open–you’d be surprised at how often nice, lonesome soldiers ask Sue, the waitress, to introduce them to us”
April 1943