Days Gone By

American madam Belle Brezing, ca. 1895.

Posted 10 months ago
#1890s #19th century #victorians #victorian #vintage #portrait #history #madam #belle brezing #brothel

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Dietrich, German soldiers leaving a brothel, Brest, France, 1940.

Source: Deutsches Bundesarchiv (German Federal Archive)

Posted 12 months ago
#1940s #brest #france #wwII #world war II #history #vintage #germany #nazis #brothel #prostitution

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E.J. Bellocq, Storyville, New Orleans, Louisiana, ca. 1912.

Posted 1 year ago
#1910s #storyville #new orleans #louisiana #USA #vintage #portrait #nude #prostitute #prostitution #e.j. bellocq #brothel

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A prostitute standing in the doorway of her brothel. Photograph by Jack Birns. Macau, July 1949.

Posted 1 year ago
#1940s #macau #macao #china #prostitutes #prostitution #whorehouse #brothel #vintage #jack birns

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Prostitutes peeking out from the doorways of their brothel. Photograph by Margaret Bourke-White. Lahore, Pakistan, 1946.

Posted 1 year ago
#1940s #lahore #pakistan #margaret bourke-white #prostitutes #brothel #whorehouse #prostitution

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Customers entering a brothel. Photograph by Joseph Scherschel. Galveston, Texas, August 1955.

Posted 1 year ago
#1950s #galveston #texas #joseph scherschel #brothel #whorehouse #prostitution #silhouette #nighttime

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A young girl sitting on the steps of a former brothel. Photograph by David E. Scherman. New Orleans, Louisiana, 1940.

Posted 1 year ago
#1940s #new orleans #louisiana #david scherman #brothel #child #slum #whorehouse #prostitution #african-american

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Brassaï A monastic Brothel, Rue Monsieur-le-Prince 1931

Posted 1 year ago
#Brassaï #Brothel #1930s

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