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Real estate appraisal card. 130 W. Sackett Avenue, pt. SE 1/4, Sec. 32 T 50N R 9E, in Salida, Colorado.
This building was constructed about 1906. The 1909 and 1914 Sanborn maps show this building divided into six units and labeled "female boarding," a Sanborn Map Company euphemism for a place of prostitution. This building is visible on 1926 and late 1930s overview photographs of Salida taken from Tenderfoot Hill.
These "cribs" were operated by...
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Real estate appraisal card. 117 W. Sackett Ave., lots % & 6, block 5, in Salida, Colorado.
This building is not shown on the 1888 Sanborn map, but does appear on the 1890 map, when it is indicated as a Chinese laundry and female boarding on the second story, connected by a passage on the first story to a female boarding house or bordello at 113 W. Sackett Ave. This block of West Sackett Avenue was Salida's Red Light district, and contained several...