Waiter-girls
This file appears in: The Barrooms and Brothels of Gallatin Street
This illustration from The Mascot (Oct. 27, 1883) shows that the attire of “waiter girls” and “beer jerkers” in concert saloons was both brief and scandalous. Vice played a big role in entertainment in antebellum New Orleans.
This file appears in: The Barrooms and Brothels of Gallatin Street
The Barrooms and Brothels of Gallatin Street
Gallatin Street was once filled with barrooms, dance houses, and brothels — most institutions serving as all three. There was rarely a fee to enter, but men were encouraged to buy a drink for their…