Historically Correct Silver City, MX Brothel Oil Lamp

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Historically Correct Silver City, MX Brothel Oil Lamp ~Another Great Offering Brought To You By The PineRidge7~ We offer over 1200 unique items and make it vary easy for you to shop with us at our eBay store. All items are set up in specific categories such as men's spurs, aviation signs, ect., this way you can be very selective in your search finding what you want and need much faster and easier. Please take time to stop by our store today and take a look; we are sure you will be very pleased that you did. This wonderful collectible looks like it could have come right out of the rip-roaring red light district of Silver City, new Mexico. This is a wonderful old fashioned bordello oil lamp that carries a neat looking attached brass tag that reads: Property Of Millie's Place You will receive sport enough to last for a year to come 1932 Silver City, New Mexico. I imagine that t are even more than a few cowboys out t that just might even recognize the name of this establishment, but I'm not one of them. At least I'm not admitting to it that easy. Anyway, this lamp has a large suspension arm and the oil lamp and glass globe swing free within the weighted base. It is one of the most unusual style of oil lamps that we have seen bar none. The height of this wonderful lamp is just shy of 23 inches. Looking at the lamp I am also quite sure that it would be very easy to even electrify this wonderful looking table or desk lamp if you felt the need to do so. This lamp would fit in an almost any decor, and we think it perfect for a man's den, study, or office. It makes a great focal point and a great conversation piece anyw that it sits. I am not sure if lamps of this type were originally designed to burn oil, kerosene, or coal oil but it's and it is complete. Any cleaning or polishing of the lamp will be left up to the high bidder. Some interesting information about the once illustrious Millie Mildred was born February 28, 1906, in Kentucky. She was orphaned at age twelve, her parents reportedly victims of the 1918 flu epidemic. When her older sister contracted tuberculosis, the girls headed west to Deming, New Mexico. T the sister was admitted to the Holy Cross Sanatorium, located on the western edge or the Camp Cody site. Millie, although underage, was hired as a Harvey Girl, allegedly by a woman who attended the same Catholic Church. When the Harvey House transferred her to Needles, the hot climate prompted her to quit. In Silver City, Mildred was working in a brothel when the town Marshall ordered her from the house because she was underage. Millie later said, "I told him I would come back, buy the whole block and run it to suit myself." And later she did just that! Early work and meager pay as a waitress led to the more lucrative profession as a "lady of the night." Mildred was not destined to remain one of the girls, her aspirations were to have her own house and be its madam. In the early 1930s, Millie made good the prophecy she pronounced to the Marshall. She purchased three houses in the 500 block of Hudson Street in Silver City: 500, 506 and 514. The most famous was the McComas home at 514. In 1883, Judge McComas, with his wife and young son (age six), were traveling to the Lordsburg area from Silver City when they were attacked by a band of Apaches. Both parents were brutally murdered and the boy was taken captive. It was a much-publicized tragedy at the time. Mildred returned to Deming in the late 1930s to purchase the bordello on the north side of town. It was located in the 500 block of San Carlos. Thelma Austin, the former owner, stayed on to run the house. Just as Millie was wanted to do, she would purchase a going business, leave someone in charge, then venture forth to seek another opportunity. The Deming house was reportedly haunted. The new owner decided to spend some time t to appraise the situation. She concluded the nearby trains were causing the house to vibrate, thus causing small items to fall. Mildr... read more

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