Yahoo! News - New Orleans Legend May Prove to Be Reputable
Yahoo! News - New Orleans Legend May Prove to Be Reputable: "There is a house in New Orleans they call the Rising Sun."
No one has figured out — and many have tried — if the song depicts an actual bordello, and, if it does, where the real Rising Sun was. But a collection of pottery shards pulled recently from the ruddy soil of the French Quarter could prove to be the key that would unlock that beloved mystery. This winter, a nonprofit organization called the Historic New Orleans Collection decided to expand.The purchase was serendipitous. If just about anyone else had bought the lot, no study would have been conducted. But the organization — dedicated, after all, to Louisiana history — wanted to know the story behind its property.
Gentlemen may here rely upon finding attentive Servants." Similar language, Gray said, was used in old bordello advertisements to make it clear — without explicitly saying so — that extracurricular services were available. About 2? feet below the surface, the researchers discovered a large number of liquor bottles. Alongside them was an unusually dense collection of rouge pots. The combination of liquor and evidence that there were lots of women who required much makeup was encouraging.When she and her students conduct the more detailed study, among other things, they will look at census reports to see if a large number of women were reported as residents of the hotel and at police reports to see if there were complaints or incident reports at the address. "
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