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Clever and bizarre local items
From Europe Viewed Through American Spectacles by Charles C. Fulton. Text written in 1873. At the celebrated dry-goods establishment Au Bon Marché, which is extensively patronized by Americans, a new...
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La grisette
Homage to the grisette. Statue erected in 1830 From Europe Viewed Through American Spectacles by Charles C. Fulton. Text written in 1873. It’s a common remark among strangers in France that about every...
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Prostitutes in Paris
George Drysdale The Elements of social science… 1861 “The question first arises “what is a prostitute ?” To this the law answers, that it is one, who openly and with little or no distinction of...
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Drink and prostitution: The Belle Epoque Hooters
“Come and See Pretty Pussies” – Street advertisement for a brasserie Among the big headaches for municipal authorities of Paris in the second part of the 19th century was the appearance of the...
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Paris Police: Order in the street
Jean Béraud: Boulevard St. Denis William Walton, author of Paris from the Earliest Period to the Present Day (published in 1899) writes: Paris may be said to be a very well-policed city. The police...
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