Comments on: Researching a Red-Light District: Part 1 http://www.pkgraham.com Paul K. Graham, CG, AG Fri, 06 Jan 2012 02:02:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Sheri Fenley http://www.pkgraham.com/researching-a-red-light-district-part-1/#comment-13 Sheri Fenley Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:22:25 +0000 http://www.pkgraham.com/?p=172#comment-13 Paul, Boy I can sure use your help. What if the clues were a bit more subtle? My woman in question is identified as the proprietress of a rooming house. I have a series of articles called "The Problem With Pauline" on my blog and with each new piece of information I find, I am almost certain that she was either a "Working Girl" or managed the "Working girls". Would you be willing to discuss this case with me? Sheri Fenley Paul,

Boy I can sure use your help. What if the clues were a bit more subtle? My woman in question is identified as the proprietress of a rooming house. I have a series of articles called “The Problem With Pauline” on my blog and with each new piece of information I find, I am almost certain that she was either a “Working Girl” or managed the “Working girls”. Would you be willing to discuss this case with me?

Sheri Fenley

]]> By: Dick Hillenbrand http://www.pkgraham.com/researching-a-red-light-district-part-1/#comment-12 Dick Hillenbrand Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:44:26 +0000 http://www.pkgraham.com/?p=172#comment-12 This is a hilarious post. I can just see the face of a high society type discovering that fact. The 1850-51 Syracuse (NY) City Directory is locally known among historians as the "Semi colon directory," due to the fact that the washer women and seamstress girls that lived in the red light district on Washington Street next to the train tracks, had semi-colons after their names if they were "working girls." The book publisher likely had some extra sales to traveling salesmen. Thanks for the great article. Dick Hillenbrand Upstate New York Genealogy www.unyg.com This is a hilarious post. I can just see the face of a high society type discovering that fact.

The 1850-51 Syracuse (NY) City Directory is locally known among historians as the “Semi colon directory,” due to the fact that the washer women and seamstress girls that lived in the red light district on Washington Street next to the train tracks, had semi-colons after their names if they were “working girls.”

The book publisher likely had some extra sales to traveling salesmen.

Thanks for the great article.

Dick Hillenbrand
Upstate New York Genealogy
http://www.unyg.com

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