Name/Title
PhotographEntry/Object ID
2020.25.1059Description
Circa late 1800's
LIZZIE KING HOUSE
House of ill Repute
124 South 2nd Street
LIZZIE KING HOUSE
House of ill Repute
415 Messanie
https://www.stjosephmemorylane.com/4thstreet/south4th.htmlPhotograph Details
Subject
PhotographSubject Person or Organization
Lizzie KingContext
Circa late 1800's
LIZZIE KING HOUSE
House of ill Repute
124 South 2nd Street
LIZZIE KING HOUSE
House of ill Repute
415 Messanie
Miss Lizzie King, St. Joseph's famous madam
Lizzie King was a famous "Lady of the Evening" in St. Joseph in the late 1800's
Below is the famous Lizzie King Poem by M. Dailey in 8/17/1911
Lizzie King Lizzie King had a heart of gold
A hooker by trade or so we're told
She'd show up when the guys got paid
With a surrey of girls - the guys got laid
She even had brass tokens made
"Good for 50 cents in trade"
And when the police came around
They didn't come to shut her down
From her bawdy house on Market Square
Lizzie always gave her share
She'd donate money - donate clothes
For the poor and indisposed
No - Lizzie King of St. Joe fame
Must have been one classy dame
Photo #1 - St Joseph News-Press drawing of the house
Photo #2 - Front side of Lizzie King trade token
Photo #3 - Back side of Lizzie King trade token
Photo #3 - Lizzie King photograph
Photo #4 - Photograph of Lizzie King and her daughter
