Gallatin Street Dance-House
This file appears in: Gallatin Street: An Introduction
A depiction of a typical Gallatin Street dance-house. The sailor is represented as dancing with a prostitute.
The Historic New Orleans Collection, acc. no. 1974.25.15.103
This file appears in: Gallatin Street: An Introduction
Gallatin Street: An Introduction
A small, two-block stretch called Gallatin Street, now called French Market Place, was once the headquarters of vice in New Orleans. A visitor to the street in 1873 described the scene for the Times-Picayune:
"Gallatin street is wet and…