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24 Items of Ephemera from the Home of a Bordello Owner
- Title
- 24 Items of Ephemera from the Home of a Bordello Owner.
- Format
- Image
- Published
- 2005.
- Description
- 2) b/w photograph, 2 1/2" x 1 3/4"; 3) b/w photograph, 2 1/8" x 3 3/4"; 4) b/w photograph, 2 1/4" x 1 3/4" 5) b/w photograph, 2 1/8" x 1 3/4"; 6) b/w photograph, 2 3/8" x 1 5/8"; 7) b/w photograph, 2 3/8" x 1 5/8"; 8) b/w photograph, 2 3/8" x 1 3/8"; 9) 8-pager comic, 2 1/2" x 4".
- Notes
- Items 10-24 humorous poems and misc. printed documents of various sizes.
- Summary
- Ephemera found in a house in La Crosse, Wisconsin; house may have been the home of "Ma Bennett", who ran a bordello in La Crosse. 24 items: 1) matchbook-size box labeled "SAKERHETS TANDSTICKOR", with metal key that activates mechanical device inside box, in green cardboard box marked "Made in Germany"; 2) b/w photograph of woman's legs, 2 1/2" x 1 3/4"; 3) b/w photograph of woman standing with legs spread open, 2 1/8" x 3 3/4"; 4) b/w photograph of seated woman with legs open, 2 1/4" x 1 3/4"; 5) b/w photograph of seated woman holding her legs in the air, 2 1/8" x 1 3/4"; 6) b/w photograph of woman's genitals and legs, 2 3/8" x 1 5/8"; 7) b/w photograph of woman's genitalia, 2 3/8" x 1 5/8"; 8) b/w photograph of woman on her back, with knees pulled to her chest, 2 3/8" x 1 3/8"; [all photographs are faded and in poor condition] 9) eight-pager comic book with blank paper cover stapled to eight photographic copies of original pages, 2 1/2" x 4"; 10) through 24) humorous poems and other printed documents of various sizes.
- Kinsey subjects
- Brothels. Comics. Photography.