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Dome Denizen Smith
July 14, 1949 Grace E. Smith made the Dome her home. From there she made the trek to work down to the Belmont Grill. It’s 1949. She’s a B-girl. read more
View ArticleA Red Light Raid: 317 S. Flower St
May 22, 1919317 S. Flower Street, Saratoga Hotel A building permit for a 3-story brick lodging house that would become the Saratoga Hotel was issued to W.W. Paden and Louis Nordlinger in the summer of...
View ArticleBunker Hill and the Crib Wars
They called it the red light district, the tenderloin, Little Paree, Hell's Half Acre, and my favorite, the crib district. From the late 1800s until the turn of the century, prostitution in Los...
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