AUSTIN,TEXAS - 1876-1915 - PROSTITUTION + MAP+PHOTOS Start Price USD 19.00 Current Price USD 19.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price USD 25.00 Reserve Price - Start Time Tuesday, December 02, 2008 End Time Tuesday, December 09, 2008 Location Groesbeck, Texas See more about 'AUSTIN,TEXAS - 1876-1915 - PROSTITUTION + MAP+PHOTOS' Description PROSTITUTION AND PUBLIC POLICY IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, 1870-1915 - DAVID HUMPHREY - JOURNAL OF THE TEXAS STATE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION - APRIL 1983 - A THOROUGH WORK ON "GUY TOWN", THE RED LIGHT DISTRICT IN TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY AUSTIN - DISCUSSES THE EARLY LIFE AND TIMES OF AUSTIN - INCLUDES A FULL-PAGE MAP SHOWING THE AREA WEST OF CONGRESS AVENUE FROM 1ST STREE NORTH TO 5TH ST WITH HOUSES OF PROSTITUTION LOCATED - ALSO FROVIDE FULL-PAGE 1873 BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF DOWNTOWN AUSTION SHOWING BOUNDARIES OF GUY TOWN, LOCATION OF CHARLEY CONEY'S PLACE, 1875 RESIDENCE OF 1ST WARD PROSTITUTES AND THE JAMES SIMM'S HOME - INCLUDES 2 PAGE TABLE PROVIDING 1879-1900 STATISTICS REGARDING TOTAL NUMBER OF PROSTITUTES, ETHNIC BACKGROUND, MEDIAN AGE, BIRTH PLACES AND NUMBER THAT WERE LITERATE - INCLUDES 1900 PHOTOGRAPH OF GEORGIA FRASER'S BAWDY HOUSE LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF 2ND AND COLORADO - PROVIDES NAMES OF SEVERAL BETTER KNOWN LADIES - INCLUDES FULL PAGE 1900 PHOTOGRAPH OF 22 PEACE OFFICERS AND POLICE FOR THE PERIOD - DISUSSES THE EFFORTS TO ELIMINATE GUY TOWN AND THE PROBLEMS INVOLVED - ALL IN ALL A FINE LOOK AT LIFE AND TIMES IN BOOMING AUSTIN FOR THE PERIOD - EXTENSIVE SOURCE NOTES FOR FURTHER RESEARCH - AS NEW CONDITION - PLEASE SEE IMAGE     Powered by eBay Turbo ListerThe free listing tool. List your items fast and easy and manage your active items. Place a Bid!