S07005B-CRIB – Crib Girl

Collage on vintage lavender apothecary bottle. Size 3"x 4".   Photograph by E. J. Bellocq, photographer of prostitutes in Storyville, New Orleans, circa 1912.   Features Victorian fabrics and buttons.   Sterling heart.  Prostitutes of the lower class who sat on windowsills and enticed their customers with lewd gestures were called "Crib Girls."    $35