Abbie Widner letter to "Johnnie" on March 2, 1905
This file appears in: Sex Work in Early Spokane
This is one of the three letter collection that can be seen at the MAC.
This file appears in: Sex Work in Early Spokane
Sex Work in Early Spokane
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…