Tag: hank day
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race and the houses
Were there ever any women of color who worked there [in the brothels]? You know, for guys who wanted someone a little more, you know, like, ‘exotic’ or ‘spicy?’ Kayla, the events coordinator for Auntie’s Bookstore in Spokane, asked me this question after my reading last week. She trailed off toward the end of her question,…
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overview: a century of brothels in wallace, idaho
A New York Times article appearing during the 1973 [temporary] shutdown confuses some things, but offers an example of the high degree of acceptance the community had toward the madams and houses, and illustrates how wide Wallace’s reputation had spread, noting that a bartender at Albiâs had fielded 14 long-distance phone calls that day to…