BARBARY COAST - Revision history

Ccarlsson at 05:45, 12 November 2023

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	[[San Francisco's Sleaziest Street - Yesterday and Today \| Prev. Document]] [[Shanghaiing and its Abolition \| Next Document]]		[[San Francisco's Sleaziest Street - Yesterday and Today \| Prev. Document]] [[Shanghaiing and its Abolition \| Next Document]]

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Ccarlsson: added lost landscapes video

2023-11-12T05:44:40Z

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	In September of 1913 the Thalia displayed the following sign:		In September of 1913 the Thalia displayed the following sign:

	THIS IS A CLEAN PLACE FOR CLEAN PEOPLE -- NO MINORS ALLOWED.		THIS IS A CLEAN PLACE FOR CLEAN PEOPLE – NO MINORS ALLOWED.

	This sign perhaps more than any other signalled the end of the Barbary Coast. Even the most notorious of the dance halls now had trouble attracting enough customers to stay in business.		This sign perhaps more than any other signalled the end of the Barbary Coast. Even the most notorious of the dance halls now had trouble attracting enough customers to stay in business.
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	''Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library''		''Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library''

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			'''The derelict Barbary Coast c. 1930s, ending at Purcell's, a well-known African American jazz and blues venue.'''

			''Video: Lost Landscapes #7, 2012, courtesy Prelinger Archive''

	'''1940s: '''U.S. military insists on shutting down brothels and bars around the city as tens of thousands of soldiers pour through San Francisco en route to and from the Pacific Theatre of War.		'''1940s: '''U.S. military insists on shutting down brothels and bars around the city as tens of thousands of soldiers pour through San Francisco en route to and from the Pacific Theatre of War.

Ccarlsson: added lost landscapes video

2023-11-04T05:07:55Z

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	''Photos: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library''		''Photos: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library''

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			'''Russian sailors visit various establishments in the Barbary Coast, 1914.'''

			''Video: from "Lost Landscapes #1, 2007" courtesy Prelinger Archive''

	[[Image:Barbary Coast circa 1955 wnp25.1231.jpg\|800px]]		[[Image:Barbary Coast circa 1955 wnp25.1231.jpg\|800px]]

Ccarlsson: added new photo

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	'''Little Egypt on the Barbary Coast, 1890'''		'''Little Egypt on the Barbary Coast, 1890'''

			[[Image:Barbary Coast circa 1915 wnp71.1145.jpg\|800px]]

			'''Barbary Coast, c. 1890'''

			''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp71.1145''

	The ''bagnio'' owned by Madame Gabrielle at Geary and Stockton featured a weekly show in which the participants were black men and white women. Frequently a parlor house had its own particular motto which could be found framed in every room. The motto of a California street house was ''What is Home Without Mother?'' Each of the parlor houses in Commercial Street boasted a chamber called the "Virgin Room," where a gullible customer could be accommodated at double or triple the usual price. Usually the room was staffed with a girl young enough, and enough of an actress to simulate fright and bewilderment. She was usually paid slightly more than the other prostitutes.		The ''bagnio'' owned by Madame Gabrielle at Geary and Stockton featured a weekly show in which the participants were black men and white women. Frequently a parlor house had its own particular motto which could be found framed in every room. The motto of a California street house was ''What is Home Without Mother?'' Each of the parlor houses in Commercial Street boasted a chamber called the "Virgin Room," where a gullible customer could be accommodated at double or triple the usual price. Usually the room was staffed with a girl young enough, and enough of an actress to simulate fright and bewilderment. She was usually paid slightly more than the other prostitutes.

Ccarlsson at 02:38, 22 March 2020

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	[[Image:Pacific near Kearny circa 1955 wnp28.2344.jpg\|800px]]		[[Image:Pacific near Kearny circa 1955 wnp28.2344.jpg\|800px]]

	'''Tourists converge on the Gay ~~and~~ Frisky c. 1955.'''		'''Tourists converge on the Gay 'n Frisky c. 1955.'''

	''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp28.2344''		''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp28.2344''

Ccarlsson: added many new OpenSFHistory photos

2020-03-22T02:37:29Z

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 ''Photos: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library''
 '''1849: '''Badly drawn paintings of nude women adorn the walls of the best cafes in the city. Prostitutes begin to arrive from the east. They are frequently auctioned off from the decks of the arriving ships. Cafe owners often hire them to pose nude in displays in the dining halls. Gambling houses were everywhere. At the El Dorado it was reported that $80,000 once changed hands on the turn of a single card. Liquor and female companionship were often provided free of charge by the house as an incentive to frequent patrons.
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 ''Photo: courtesy Bob Ristelhueber via Facebook''
 '''1960s: '''Carol Doda takes off her top at the [[Where Topless Dancing Began|Condor Club at Broadway and Columbus]]. She becomes a big celebrity and contributes mightily to San Francisco's now-restored reputation as a town where anything goes.

Ccarlsson: added North Beach category

2019-07-18T20:39:57Z

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Ccarlsson: added photo

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	''Photo: Bancroft Library''		''Photo: Bancroft Library''

			[[Image:International-Settlement-1947 via-Bob-Ristelhueber-FB.jpg]]

			'''International Settlement entry in 1947.'''

			''Photo: courtesy Bob Ristelhueber via Facebook''

	'''1960s: '''Carol Doda takes off her top at the [[Where Topless Dancing Began\|Condor Club at Broadway and Columbus]]. She becomes a big celebrity and contributes mightily to San Francisco's now-restored reputation as a town where anything goes.		'''1960s: '''Carol Doda takes off her top at the [[Where Topless Dancing Began\|Condor Club at Broadway and Columbus]]. She becomes a big celebrity and contributes mightily to San Francisco's now-restored reputation as a town where anything goes.

Ccarlsson at 06:00, 6 November 2017

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	The ''bagnio'' owned by Madame Gabrielle at Geary and Stockton featured a weekly show in which the participants were black men and white women. Frequently a parlor house had its own particular motto which could be found framed in every room. The motto of a California street house was ''What is Home Without Mother?'' Each of the parlor houses in Commercial Street boasted a chamber called the "Virgin Room," where a gullible customer could be accommodated at double or triple the usual price. Usually the room was staffed with a girl young enough, and enough of an actress to simulate fright and bewilderment. She was usually paid slightly more than the other prostitutes.		The ''bagnio'' owned by Madame Gabrielle at Geary and Stockton featured a weekly show in which the participants were black men and white women. Frequently a parlor house had its own particular motto which could be found framed in every room. The motto of a California street house was ''What is Home Without Mother?'' Each of the parlor houses in Commercial Street boasted a chamber called the "Virgin Room," where a gullible customer could be accommodated at double or triple the usual price. Usually the room was staffed with a girl young enough, and enough of an actress to simulate fright and bewilderment. She was usually paid slightly more than the other prostitutes.

	[[Image:downtwn1$hippodrome.jpg\|'''The Hippodrome in 1890;''' ''Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library''~~\|thumb\|left]]~~ A frequent patron of these house was San Francisco's most notorious murderer of the time, Theodore Durrant. When not frequenting prostitutes or murdering them, Durrant spent his time as a medical student and an assistant superintendent of Sunday school, prominent in the work of the Christian Endeavor Society. His ''modus operandi'' was to bring a small bird to the parlor house and at some time during the evening slit its throat and let the blood drip over his body.		[[Image:downtwn1$hippodrome.jpg\|left]] '''The Hippodrome in 1890'''

			''Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library''

			A frequent patron of these house was San Francisco's most notorious murderer of the time, Theodore Durrant. When not frequenting prostitutes or murdering them, Durrant spent his time as a medical student and an assistant superintendent of Sunday school, prominent in the work of the Christian Endeavor Society. His ''modus operandi'' was to bring a small bird to the parlor house and at some time during the evening slit its throat and let the blood drip over his body.

	In the cribs and cow-yards, customers were not permitted to remove their shoes, or often any garments at all--except for their hats. Only a specific kind of crib, called a "creep joint" permitted the removal of clothing, and the reason for that was in order that an accomplice could steal all his money and valuables. It was, however, customary to leave a shiny new dime in the customer's pocket. The origin of the custom is unknown--perhaps it was left as car-fare.		In the cribs and cow-yards, customers were not permitted to remove their shoes, or often any garments at all--except for their hats. Only a specific kind of crib, called a "creep joint" permitted the removal of clothing, and the reason for that was in order that an accomplice could steal all his money and valuables. It was, however, customary to leave a shiny new dime in the customer's pocket. The origin of the custom is unknown--perhaps it was left as car-fare.

Lisaruth at 00:03, 13 July 2016

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	'''Pacific Avenue looking west between Montgomery and Kearny, November, 1953.'''		'''Pacific Avenue looking west between Montgomery and Kearny, November, 1953.'''

	''Photo: ~~Charles Ruiz~~ collection''		''Photo: C. R. collection''

	[[Image:Barbary-Coast-and-International-Settlement,-heading-for-oblivion-and-plans-for-the-new-June-6-1957.jpg]]		[[Image:Barbary-Coast-and-International-Settlement,-heading-for-oblivion-and-plans-for-the-new-June-6-1957.jpg]]