Documents Tagged ‘brothels’
Miss Diamond Lil’
Archive Entry Date: 2/2011
An account of the rise and fall of Diamond Lil', a well-connected black madam in 1920s and 1930s Peoria
Barren Land in Southtown Teemed With Brothels
Archive Entry Date: 10/3/1993
Did the lives of prostitutes change for the worse with reform?
Lipkin Files Bid To Shut 10 Vice Houses
Archive Entry Date: 4/24/1959
Shutting down brothels was no easy task
Is it True What They Say About Peoria?
Archive Entry Date: mid-1950s
Whisper Magazine punctured Peoria's reputation as an All-American city
