Blue Book - The Historic New Orleans Collection
WEBBlue Book, Tenderloin “400” New Orleans, [1900] The Historic New Orleans Collection, 94-092-RL
Blue Book - The Historic New Orleans Collection
WEBDirectories to houses of prostitution in New Orleans's infamous Storyville red-light district are collectively called Blue Books. Storyville—named for Alderman Sidney Story, who sponsored legislation to confine prostitution to a designated part of the city—occupied an area just north of the French Quarter, the site of today's Iberville ...
Nine ways that blue books sold a fantasy of New Orleans’s Storyville …
WEBJun 23, 2020 — Blue books marketed a fantasy of sex—glamorous, exotic, and taboo—but most of the women listed in their directory pages lived and worked in Storyville’s lower-class houses or operated semi-independently; their …
Storyville, New Orleans - Wikipedia
WEBThe Storyville blue-books were inscribed with the motto: "Order of the Garter: Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense (Shame on Him Who Thinks Evil of It)". It took some time for Storyville to gain recognition, but by 1900, it was on its way to …
From Basin to Backatown: The Untold Story of Storyville
WEBMar 19, 2018 — Blue books, known as the "guidebooks to sin," were booklets that advertised the activity of Storyville and served as a directory for the prostitutes and "madames" of the district, many of whom were categorized by race.
Storyville, New Orleans: Being an Authentic, Illustrated Account …
WEBDec 17, 1997 — This book describes how Storyville began, how life in New Orleans was affected when it was in business, and how it eventually was shut down by the government. Al Rose also includes chapters on the people, music, press, and first hand accounts from some anonymous survivors of storyville.
New Orleans Blue Books - 64 Parishes
WEBApr 8, 2019 — Blue Books is the common name given to the various published directories of female prostitutes and houses of prostitution in Storyville, New Orleans' legally designated red-light district.
The Blue Books: Guides to the New Orleans Red Light District
WEBOct 28, 2014 — So much for good intentions: The city’s new creation—which eventually came to be known as “Storyville,” much to the alderman’s annoyance—proved to be anything but low-profile. In fact, Storyville was soon elevating the oldest profession to new heights of visibility in the city.
Storyville, New Orleans: Being an Authentic, Illustrate…
WEBAl Rose’s STORYVILLE, NEW ORLEANS is a fascinating book. It is not a narrative so much as it is an exploration of Storyville through a variety of themes. It describes the years just prior to the beginning of Storyville when the …
Guidebooks to Sin: The Blue Books of Storyville, New Orleans
WEBDec 1, 1982 — Guidebooks to Sin is the single most comprehensive and authoritative guide to Storyville's notorious blue books. Pamela D. Arceneaux carefully sorts out the genuine and the fake, the accurate and the apocryphal, to produce an invaluable resource for historians, collectors, and anyone interested in New Orleans history.
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- Author: Pamela D. Arceneaux