Prostitutes, Progressives, and Police

 
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 History Center's Title Insurance and Trust Collection.