Storyville: A Study of Artifacts

Operating from 1897 to 1917, sixteen blocks the French Quarter district of New Orleans, Louisiana, several buildings were created establish a legal red light known as “Storyville.” The area was named after its creator, Alderman Sidney Story, who enacted applicable ordinances and helped district. creation Storyville meant bring regulation sex trade organized crime. influenced by diverse range experiences, ranging cheap "cribs," vibrant music halls, saloons, lavish mansions filled with "top dollar" ladies. is estimated have boasted approximately 230 brothels nearly 2,000 workers during height popularity. not only for work, however. In addition, it also well-known solid feminist entrepreneurship seen women ran high-end brothels, such LuLu White Josie Arlington. fact, there are historians argue that allowed some first entrepreneurial in Orleans at time when no other options. considered groundbreaking scene musicians, Jelly Roll Morton, gain popularity (Permenter, 2021). However, abolished started slowly removing all disguising fact ever existed. While operated, would produce promotional postcards, guidebooks, cameos girls. But, over decades, many these items been lost or destroyed; most exist few dedicated archives. This leads notion Storyville’s mystique. if you walking around city, will find any standing very little information about history. Further, people grew up do even know existed, which more lore study examines artifacts available Historic Collection Archives District, city Orleans’ red-light period 1917.