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Storyville was the red-light district of New Orleans, Louisiana, from 1897 through 1917. the photos above were taken by E. J. Bellocq

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prostitute with fabulous kneesocks in Storyville, New Orleans’ legalized red light district, c. 1912. photographed by E.J. Bellocq

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The 1912 Storyville Prostitutes from New Orleans (NSFW)

In an attempt to control the rampant prostitution in New Orleans in the early 1900′s, the City Council legalized prostitution in 1898 in a 38-block area of the French Corner. Dubbed, “Storyville,” after the council member who proposed the idea; the area remained a red light district until 1917. Photographer E.J. Bellocq, secretly documented the prostitutes in Storyville and later published them in a book "E.J. Bellocq Storyville Portraits".