Mary Beaudry, Boston University professor, stood in front of the site of what was once a Boston brothel. Uncovered artifacts include a spittoon, carved bone toothbrushes, and a cosmetics jar.
(Erik Jacobs for The Boston Globe)
Dig offers peep at long-gone brothels
Mary Beaudry, Boston University professor, stood in front of the site of what was once a Boston brothel. Uncovered artifacts include a spittoon, carved bone toothbrushes, and a cosmetics jar.
(Erik Jacobs for The Boston Globe)
A North End privy sealed for more than a century has yielded thousands of artifacts that are giving archeologists an unprecedented look at how the world’s oldest profession was practiced by improper Bostonians of the 19th century. (Full article: 894 words)
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