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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Men and women in front of the cribs on Alameda Street. The cribs, which were buildings rented out exclusively for the transactional business of prostitution, are low, brick buildings with shutters. A woman is visible at the bottom right of the photograph. Another woman, probably a prostitute, stands between two men. Another man's leg is visible at the right of the photograph at the top of the stairs. Text from negative sleeve: 16. Los Angeles, Alameda Street. 1896. These pictures were taken along Alameda Street, Los Angeles, between Macy and Aliso Streets. Both sides of the street were lined with these cribs, and passengers on S.P.R.R. trains arriving in Los Angeles looked out of the cars on these scenes. 6 negatives.
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_000016_002 ark:/21198/zz002hpct0
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Prostitutes--California--Los Angeles Brothels--California--Los Angeles
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