01977cam a2200385 i 4500 387162438 TxAuBib 20190723120000.0 180403s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2018940087 9781467138833 1467138835 (OCoLC)1028912266 TxAuBib rda Fountain, Kimber,. Galveston's red light district : a history of The Line / Kimber Fountain. Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2018. ©2018. 127 pages : illustrations, facsimilies, map, portraits ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-127). Known today as a colorful resort destination featuring family entertainment and a thriving arts district, Galveston was once notorious for its flourishing vice economy and infamous red-light district. Called simply "The Line," the unassuming five blocks of Postoffice Street came alive every night with wild parties and generous offerings of hourly love. A stubborn mainstay of the island cityscape for nearly seventy years, it finally shut down in the late 1950s. But ridding Galveston of prostitution would prove much more difficult than putting a padlock on the front door. Kimber Fountain pursues the sequestered story of women who wanted to make their own rules and the city that wanted to let them. 20190723. Prostitution Texas Galveston History. Prostitutes Texas Galveston History. Red light districts Texas Galveston History. Prostitutes. Prostitution. Galveston (Tex) History. Texas Galveston. History. TXTLL