There is a chapter on the D.C. brothel in "Those of Little Note: Gender,
Race and Class in Historical Archaeology" (or something like that)
edited by Elizabeth Scott.  Also in the book is a chapter by Donald
Hardesty that discusses, among other things, brothels in the mining
west.  His bibliography should be useful to you.

> Terry Ozbun wrote:
>
> Informant data indicates that a remote lakeside tourist lodge in
> central Washington state was used as a brothel during operation of a
> nearby commercial mine.  An artifact assemblage recovered from the
> footprint of the lodge (burned-down in the early 1940s) and a nearby
> trash dump contains many typical domestic and personal items but
> nothing seemingly peculiar to brothels.  There are a large number of
> drinking glasses represented as well as fragments of a novelty pitcher
> and a phonograph record, perhaps representing saloon-type
> entertainment.  Does anyone have any information on brothel
> assemblages from the late 1930s and early 1940s, especially in rural
> locations?
>
>      Terry
>
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