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File:SanFranciscoChinatownBrothel.jpg
This circa 1900 photograph by Theo C. Marceau shows a San Francisco Chinatown brothel from the street. The word "bagnio," originally meant "bath house," but was commonly used in 19th century San Francisco to describe a brothel.current