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The Two Most Famous 'Sporting Houses' Ever in Birmingham

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Hunt, Oscar Virgil. The Two Most Famous 'sporting Houses' Ever In Birmingham. . 1957. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://digitalcollections.samford.edu/documents/detail/24634.

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Hunt, O. (1957). The Two Most Famous 'Sporting Houses' Ever in Birmingham. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://digitalcollections.samford.edu/documents/detail/24634.

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Hunt, Oscar Virgil. The Two Most Famous 'sporting Houses' Ever In Birmingham. 1957. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://digitalcollections.samford.edu/documents/detail/24634.

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  • “This photograph made in 1957 shows the two most famous sporting houses ever in Birmingham. The ‘White House’ to the right was owned and operated by Madame Barfield. The house to the left was operated by Blanche Bernard, who was ‘always a lady.’ By 1920, the houses still stood. However, the Red Light District had been abolished and the two famous Madames no longer lived there. These houses were on Ave. A or 1st Avenue South between 22nd and 23rd Streets. They face northerly."
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  • This digital image is the property of the Samford University Library and is intended for non-commercial use. Users of the image are asked to acknowledge the Special Collection, Samford University Library. For information about obtaining high-resolution copies of this or other images in this collection, please contact the Samford University Special Collection department at scdept@samford.edu