Storyville, New Orleans
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Storyville was the red-light district of New Orleans, Louisiana, from 1897 to 1917. It was established by municipal ordinance under the New Orleans City Council, to regulate prostitution. Sidney Story
One of the few surviving buildings from Storyville, 2005 photograph. 100 years earlier, the "New Image Supermarket" building housed Frank Early's saloon, where Tony Jackson regularly played.
Portrait of a sex worker in Storyville. Photograph by E. J. Bellocq, 1912.
Advertising flyer for the jazz pianist Tony Jackson, c. 1910
E. J. Bellocq
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Ernest Joseph Bellocq was an American professional photographer who worked in New Orleans during the early 20th century. Bellocq is remembered for his haunting photographs of the prostitutes of Storyv
Storyville, New Orleans
…Louis Armstrong, musician and composer E. J. Bellocq, photographer Buddy Bolden, jazz musician…
Bellocq in 1898
One of Bellocq's Storyville photographs, c. 1912.
One of the deliberately damaged Storyville photographs.
Photo of steamer launched in New Basin Canal for excursion to Lake Pontchartrain's north shore, August 19, 1908, photo by E. J. Bellocq