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The Day Book, Chicago, Illinois, September 16, 1912
I’m guessing this is a typo and it’s supposed to say 9pm? Or were women only allowed to wander unescorted in the dark wee hours of the morning?
The Ogden Standard-Examiner, Utah, September 2, 1929:
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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.
The Burlingame Enterprise, Kansas, October 2, 1913
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
A Guide to the Stranger
or
Pocket Companion
for
The Fancy
containing
A List of the Gay Houses
and
Ladies of Pleasure
In the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection
Miss Sarah Turner
No. 2 Wood Street, Above Eleventh
This house is situated in one of the most respectable parts of the city; the landlady is a perfect Queen. At this house you will hear no disgusting language to annoy your ear; everything connected with this establishment is calculated to make a man happy. The young ladies are beautiful and accomplished; they will at any time amuse you with a fine tune on the piano or use their melodious voices to drive full care away. Stranger, do not neglect to pay a visit to this house before you leave our quiet city of sisterly affection. The ladies are Misses Josephine Philips, Isabella Stuart, Mary Jane Greer and Mary Stevens. These young, beautiful and enchanting creatures are all that man can desire. There is one thing certain - none but gentlemen visit this Paradise of Love.
Sal Boyer, alias Dutch Sal
This is the lowest house in the city - a perfect loafer hole - no gentleman ever visits this Sodom; it is worse than hell itself. Avoid this den, as it is a panel house of the worst description. This woman, it is said, has had connection with the lowest negro, for the small remuneration of potatoes and flour to support her boarders! Is that not enough to deter men from visiting this awful pest house?
