boarding house next to Petersen's

[Jim Garrett]

Here I am showing my ignorance but....was prostitution illegal in Washington during the Civil War period. If it wasn't illegal, a blind eye was certainly turned. There were attempts to control and monitor it, but it was a profession that was not going to go away as long as there were thousands and thousands of soldiers, clerks, and (believe it or not, politicians) who are away from home, and the moral influence of family and friends. How convenient for the soiled doves if they did indeed live there at "the Tanner boarding house" to have a ready clientele right at the end of the block!

Linda, did the "pink book" accept advertising? As Betty would say......HA!