Fifty Years of Prostitute Photos 1870-1920

 Volume IV

BY JAY MOYNAHAN

            This is the fourth volume in the series. Although the photographers are by and large unknown, most of these previously unpublished photographs were produced by professionals. Many of the women are shown in photographic studios with painted backdrops.

          As in the other books in this sequence the photographs range from fully-dressed prostitutes to those who have shed all their clothes. The photographs are not pornographic, the ladies are just not wearing any clothes. Some of the women pictured appear to be quite comfortable in front of the camera while others look a bit apprehensive.

          Below each of the photographs are statements, comments or observations about prostitutes or prostitution during the years from 1870 to 1920. Included are such observations as that made by Madam Nell Kimball, “A prostitute makes more money than a working woman and has better hours than a housewife” and Lolo Montez, “I was always notorious, never famous” or Madam Mary Hastings, “Any girl who is good enough for a high-class house is too good for my joint”.

           Since some of the women are in various stages of undress, this book receives an "R" rating.

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