Barbary Coast Women

Barbary Coast Women

Women
California
19th Century
Barbary Coast
Districts
San Francisco

A landscape black and white photograph by Martin Behrman shot in the Barbary Coast in 1890 showing eleven women sitting together. Nine dressed in white, which could potentially be due to their profession in Barberry coast and depicted as ‘soiled doves’ by the Gold Rush Miners and also two women dressed in black. Due to the very bright white dresses and the pale faces at the front compared to the dark surrounds the women are in, one can assume the photographer had to use flash. Below the photograph there is text that is illegible on the left however on the right the handwritten text states “Barbary Coast F.F Cal 1890”

Martin Behrman
San Francisco

San Francisco Public Library

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[Date Accessed – 12/11/17]

1890

Freya Harper

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M. Behrman Collection
San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection

English

Visual - photograph

19th century