This drawing depicts a group of women in a car wearing a variety of fur coats, extravagant hats with head pieces, and heeled shoes. On the hood of the car is a cherub smiling into the wind, feathers blowing off its wings and over the windshield. Verso is inscribed with the title, 2nd street, fast street, Eureka , CA.

Weight (lbs): 2.25
Height (In.): 11.5
Width (In.): 19.75
Depth (In.): 0.75
Size: 10.5 x 18.75"
Maker: Unknown
Material: Ink, Paper
Date: 20th C.
Provenance: Beatrice Culvier
Condition: No noticed rips, tears, or creases. Extremely light toning.
History: Among the stops on the Haunted History tours in Eureka, CA. are 426 and 422 Second Street. Now holding apartments, a new antiques store and Eureka Books, during the 1920s Prohibition days these buildings housed the Louvre Café, the High Lead saloon and the Alpine brothel. The Alpine is memorialized today in a historic preservation plaque which describes it as one of the longest-operating brothels in Eureka.
Condition: No noticed rips, tears, or creases. Extremely light toning. History: Among the stops on the Haunted History tours in Eureka, CA. are 426 and 422 Second Street. Now holding apartments, a new antiques store and Eureka Books, during the 1920s Prohibition days these buildings housed the Louvre Café, the High Lead saloon and the Alpine brothel. The Alpine is memorialized today in a historic preservation plaque which describes it as one of the longest-operating brothels in Eureka.