Peoria
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Becoming Richard Pryor
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U.S. Plans To Close City to Men On Leave
Archive Entry Date: 01/28/1942
A spike in VD in Peoria led the US public health board to take action
Council-Mayor Fight Widens
Archive Entry Date: 12/17/1941
In late-1941 Mayor Woodruff and Peoria's city council feuded over the protection of vice in the city
A Prostitute at the Window
Archive Entry Date: 5/1938
From the famed camera of Arthur Rothstein: a Peoria prostitute peeks out at the street
Peoria Sadly Clamps Lid On For First Time
Archive Entry Date: 10/21/30
In the wake of kidnappings and murder, the State Attorney ordered Peoria's gambling houses closed
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