Men and women in front of the cribs on Alameda Street, Los Angeles, 1896

Item Overview

Title

Men and women in front of the cribs on Alameda Street, Los Angeles, 1896

Photographer

West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958

Date Created

1896

Date

1896

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

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.

Caption

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.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Location

California--Los Angeles

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Prostitutes--California--Los Angeles
Brothels--California--Los Angeles