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Abbie Widner Letter

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This file appears in: Sex Work in Early Spokane

Courtesy Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture


This file appears in: Sex Work in Early Spokane

Sex Work in Early Spokane

By Keith Shelton and the Spokane Historical Team
This building once housed one of the many popular brothels in the city of Spokane. One young prostitute, by the name of Abbie Widner, worked in this location that was then known as The Colonial Hotel. The Colonial was a three-story brick…
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