Antique Bordello Gooseneck Lamp with Ornate Green Metal Base

Antique Bordello Gooseneck Lamp with Ornate Green Metal Base

$325.00
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Here we have a piece of old seedy Milwaukee history that will light up any room with a green glow. This rare and unusual antique lamp came out of an old brothel from the notorious Red Light district of Milwaukee from the early 1900s, also known as "The Line." Now let your imagination run wild. This green baby has lived it and breathed it. How can it not with a hula skirt? But don't be fooled. She is a brute and touch as nails. You'll see. Here's more info on the notorious section of town, courtesy of Milwaukee Magazine:"For more than 50 years, the goings-on of Downtown’s red-light district, known simply as The Line, were an open secret. In a few square blocks between present-day Red Arrow Park and the Pabst Theater, on the east side of the river, across to where the UWM Panther Arena and Wisconsin Center sit today, prostitution was illegal only in the technical sense. Along this corridor, the number of places a man could go for “companionship,” including plush mansion brothels, dressed

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