Consumptive Whore

RIDING THE SILKEN TIDE OF INIQUITY.

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PRETTY GIRLS WHO TIPPLE 

Many of Them Prefer Absinthe 

A VERY FATAL PRACTICE 

The Alarming Increase in the Number Who Indulge in Stimulants 

DRUGS OF ALL KINDS POPULAR

National Police Gazette [NY], November 24, 1894

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BEER GUZZLING FOR A PRIZE 

The Singular and Desperate Contest Which Attracted Business to a Hoboken Saloon and Expanded the Heads of a Couple of Young Women Next Morning 

National Police Gazette [NY], November 10, 1888

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WILL YOU WALK INTO MY PARLOR? 

One of the Devices Used by the Cyprian Spiders of Gotham to Inveigle the Silly Flies from the Rural Districts 

National Police Gazette [NY], November 10, 1888

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SHE WAS SERVED IN A PIE 

Like Four-and-Twenty Blackbirds Susie Johnson was Introduced at a New York Dinner 

National Police Gazette [NY], November 2, 1895 

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MORPHINE'S SLAVE

A Dose of Slow Poison For Every Act

How a Popular Star Derives Inspiration from a Deadly Drug and Fires Her Spirit with a Stimulant That is Destroying Her

(National Police Gazette [NY], October 29, 1881)

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TWO CYPRIANS, WITH AN EYE TO THE INTERESTS OF NO. 1 TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A POLITICAL PROCESSION TO ADVERTISE THEIR PREFERENCES AND CHARMS; NEW YORK CITY 

National Police Gazette [NY], October 9, 1880 

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PRETTY MARY NELSON'S DOWNFALL 

Wine Suppers, Fine Dresses and Rolls of Greenbacks Cause a Young and Fascinating Cincinnati Girl to Cast Aside the Mantle of Virtue 

National Police Gazette [NY], October 7, 1893

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SMITTEN BEAUTY

How a Venomous Tarantula Improved the Shining Hours and Nestled in the Bosom of a Young Lady; Near Pueblor, Mex.

National Police Gazette [NY], October 1, 1881

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Daguerreotype, 1850-1855

(Bibliotheken Universiteit Leiden - Bijzondere collecties, The Netherlands via Daguerreobase)

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Daguerreotype, 1840-1860

(Museu de la Ciència i de la Tècnica de Catalunya, Spain via Daguerreobase)

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ONE MORE UNFORTUNATE GONE TO HER REST

Died at the den of C-- E-- Lizz, on Main street Buena Vista, the latest victim name unknown, death supposed to be caused by poison.

This the second victim within two months, that has escaped the thraldon of man’s lust and winged her way to the portals of the spirit land, where we hope more mercy will be shown her than has been in this. We shrink with horror and disgust at the life of these poor creatures lead, and scarcely grant them a decent burial, while we smile upon the villains who support their wretched vocation and are the cause of all their misery and the disgrace it brings upon the community. When a people have sunk so low that these vile dens of prostitution are allowed to rule a town, that town is doomed. When a man or woman thinks more of putting a few dollars into their pockets, than of saving their fellow men, they will surely be defeated in the long run. Sin cannot always abound. Destruction must come soon or later. Heaven grant that the people of Buena Vista may realize this truth before it is too late.

Buena Vista Democrat [CO], September 23, 1885

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"DAISY MALES"

Masculine Things Who "Travel on Their Style and Figure"

Corsets for the Alleged Sterner Sex

National Police Gazette [NY], August 28, 1880

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“Big Em,” alias Eb Adderberg, alias “La Tejana,” alias Burke, attempted to shuffle off this mortal coil, late yesterday afternoon, by the morphine route, in a fit of despondency over the transfer of the affections and embraces of her lover to another soiled dove. Dr. Felipe Romero was called and succeeded in lengthening her miserable days on earth.

(Las Vegas Daily Optic [NM], August 25, 1896)

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Girls still have the rage for male togs. The latest case is that of the young bride who boldly wore breeches in a Ocean Grove (N.J.) hotel, where her husband was engaged as a superintendent. She got along very well until she undertook to make love to the cook and the chambermaids. That was carrying the thing too far. The racket wouldn’t pan out, and the trick was exposed. She might have known that. What did she expect.

National Police Gazette [NY], August 2, 1884

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WHOA, JANUARY!--NYMPHS OF THE SURF DOING THE DONKEY ACT ON THE BEACH 

National Police Gazette [NY], July 31, 1880

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The Emporia News [KS], July 28, 1876

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Lida Sackett, Ethel Williams, Hattie Steel and Sally Harris, inmates of the red light palace of sin on Durant avenue, got tangled up in a family row over who should pay for the last growler, and all of them landed in the cooler. Sallie Harris pleaded guilty to being the party who had instigated the row, and was fined $5 and costs. The others were allowed to go.

Aspen Evening Chronicle [CO], July 28, 1892