Prostitutes "mugging," c. 1900. Turn-of-the-century San Diego prostitutes generally worked at "The Stables" located on Third Street in the Stingaree district.
Keno Wilson c. 1912-1915
Walter Bellon's map of the Stingaree.
San Diego looking South from Fifth and Market, c.1888
Figure 1 (left) - Prostitutes in 1900
Figure 2 (right) - Prostitutes in 1910
The "remains" of the Stingaree (junction of Third and J Streets) as photographed on June 19, 1924.
San Diego Union
November 11, 1912,
clippings of Stingaree raid.
THE PHOTOGRAPHS are courtesy of the San Diego Historical Society's Title Insurance and Trust Collection.
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