A street scene at the intersection of Second Street North and Second Avenue North, Minneapolis, around the time that Ida Dorsey operated a brothel on Second Avenue. Photographer unknown, ca. 1912.

Second Street North from Second Avenue North, Minneapolis

A street scene at the intersection of Second Street North and Second Avenue North, Minneapolis, around the time that Ida Dorsey operated a brothel on Second Avenue. Photographer unknown, ca. 1912.

Building at 220 Eleventh Avenue South, Minneapolis, close to Ida Dorsey’s Eleventh Avenue bordello. Photograph by Joseph Zalusky, ca. 1890s.

220 Eleventh Avenue South, Minneapolis

Building at 220 Eleventh Avenue South, Minneapolis, close to Ida Dorsey’s Eleventh Avenue bordello. Photograph by Joseph Zalusky, ca. 1890s.

A street scene of First Street South in Minneapolis, where the First Street Red Light District was. Photograph by C. J. Hibbard, ca. 1895.

First Street South looking west, Minneapolis

A street scene of First Street South in Minneapolis, where the First Street Red Light District was. Photograph by C. J. Hibbard, ca. 1895.

Image of Ida Dorsey’s bordello at 212 Eleventh Avenue South, Minneapolis. Photograph by Wikimedia Commons user McGhiever, February 19, 2019. CC BY-SA 4.0

Ida Dorsey’s “sporting house”

Ida Dorsey’s bordello at 212 Eleventh Avenue South, Minneapolis. Photograph by Wikimedia Commons user McGhiever, February 19, 2019. CC BY-SA 4.0

St. Paul: Gangster Haven

"St. Paul had a widespread - if inglorious - reputation as a criminal safe haven during the Gangster Era of the 1930s. In this episode, government records specialist Charles Rodgers shares several items from the Society's collection associated with that colorful age." Posted to YouTube by the Minnesota Historical Society, December 6, 2010.

Minnesota Stories: Remember Rondo

"Rondo, a thriving African American community in St. Paul, was virtually eliminated by construction of the I-94 freeway in the 1960s." Video posted to YouTube by the Minnesota Historical Society on July 12, 2013.

Judge Edward Devitt

Judge Edward Devitt

Edward Devitt, the judge who sent Kid Cann to federal prison, ca. 1980.

Kid Cann in handcuffs

Kid Cann in handcuffs

Isadore Blumenfeld (Kid Cann) handcuffed and led into federal custody, 1961. Photo by Don Black, Minneapolis Star Tribune.

Newspaper headline and article announcing Kid Cann’s 1960 conviction

Newspaper headline and article announcing Kid Cann’s 1960 conviction

Headline and article in the Minneapolis Star (February 23, 1960) reporting on the conviction in the Minneapolis Federal District Court of Isadore Blumenfeld (Kid Cann) for participation in a sex trafficking racket.

Marilyn Ann Tollefson

Marilyn Ann Tollefson

Marilyn Ann Tollefson, a sex worker with a close relationship to Isadore Blumenfeld (Kid Cann) in the 1950s. Minneapolis Morning Tribune, February 17, 1960.

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