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For sale / Art Young. - Drawing. Public domain image.

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For sale / Art Young. - Drawing. Public domain image.

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Illustration shows, on the left, a woman walking on a street in the "Red Light District", there is a policeman standing on the corner watching her; on the right, several men are sitting in chairs in front of place-markers on the wall that describe each person, "Orator and Politician. Will sell myself to the highest bidder", "Editorial Writer. Views that I don't believe in. For sale", "College Professor. Education directed to please those who have the money", "Cartoonist for sale to any party (Depending on the price)", [and] "Minister. Sermons to please those who pay the pew rent", and a "Law[yer]".

Caption: Which is the greater evil - the woman of the streets or these mental prostitutes?
Illus. in: Puck, v. 70, no. 1816 (1911 December 20), centerfold.
Copyright 1911 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.

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01/01/1911
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Young, Art, 1866-1943, artist
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